Bareilly vs Katihar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Katihar.
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 Katihar averaged 123 — a 62-point (102%) gap, with Katihar the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 466 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 385 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Katihar peaks in December. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Katihar was 3.1% Severe and 26.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Katihar 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Katihar has improved by 188 AQI points (60.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Katihar hit AQI 465 at Mirchaibari (BSPCB) on 2023-01-23.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Katihar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 185, max 185).