Bareilly vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Pune.
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 Pune averaged 97 — a 36-point (59%) gap, with Pune the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 424 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 377 of them; the average daily gap was 80 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; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).