Bareilly vs Faridabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Faridabad.
Live AQI from Open-Meteo CAMS (~45 km global model, updated hourly). Multi-year history from CPCB station data via aqinow.co pipeline (2016–2024, station-level daily records).
AQI Comparison
CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)
Summary
Overview
In 2024, Bareilly averaged an AQI of 61 while Faridabad averaged 181 — a 120-point (197%) gap, with Faridabad the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 565 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 545 of them; the average daily gap was 145 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Faridabad was 6.9% Severe and 15.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Faridabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Faridabad has improved by 42 AQI points (18.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Faridabad hit AQI 500 at New Industrial Town (HSPCB) on 2024-05-10.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Faridabad spans 4 stations with a 25-point spread (min 184, max 209).