Bareilly vs Madikeri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Madikeri.
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 Madikeri averaged 35 — a 26-point (74%) gap, with Bareilly the more polluted and Madikeri the cleaner of the two. On 538 days when both cities reported, Madikeri was cleaner on 511 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Madikeri peaks in February. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Madikeri was 0% Severe and 98.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Madikeri 126 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Madikeri has improved by 26 AQI points (42.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Madikeri hit AQI 163 at Stuart Hill (KSPCB) on 2020-12-27.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Madikeri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 42, max 42).