Bareilly vs Guwahati
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Guwahati.
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 Guwahati averaged 123 — a 62-point (102%) gap, with Guwahati the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 565 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 410 of them; the average daily gap was 79 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Guwahati peaks in January. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Guwahati was 0.1% Severe and 44.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Guwahati 105 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Guwahati has worsened by 14 AQI points (12.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Guwahati hit AQI 420 at Railway Colony (PCBA) on 2023-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Guwahati spans 4 stations with a 26-point spread (min 118, max 144).