Bareilly vs Korba
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Korba.
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 Korba averaged 67 — a 6-point (10%) gap, with Korba the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 353 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 194 of them; the average daily gap was 34 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Korba peaks in January. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Korba was 0% Severe and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Korba 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Korba hit AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Korba spans 2 stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75).