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Bareilly vs Patiala

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Patiala.

Cleaner right now: Bareilly (229-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Bareilly cleaner 350/558 daysYoY 20222024: Bareilly -45% · Patiala +8.4%

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

🏆 Cleaner

Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh, India

Moderate

PM2.5: 62.6 µg/m³

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Patiala

Punjab, India

Very Poor

PM2.5: 79.4 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantBareillyPatiala
PM2.5(µg/m³)62.6079.40
PM10(µg/m³)85.70380.90
NO₂(µg/m³)26.5013.60
SO₂(µg/m³)8.9013.50
O₃(µg/m³)84.0090.00
CO(µg/m³)816.00640.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Bareilly averaged an AQI of 61 while Patiala averaged 103 — a 42-point (69%) gap, with Patiala the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 558 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 350 of them; the average daily gap was 41 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; Patiala was 0.1% Severe and 54.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Patiala 86 days.

Year-over-year progress

Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Patiala has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Patiala hit AQI 415 at Model Town (PPCB) on 2019-11-03.

Station-level disparity

Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Patiala spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 104, max 104).

Verdict

🏆 Bareilly has better air quality with an AQI of 110 compared to Patiala's 339. That's a significant difference of 229 points.

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