Bareilly vs Rajgir
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Rajgir.
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 Rajgir averaged 124 — a 63-point (103%) gap, with Rajgir the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 435 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 266 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Rajgir peaks in January. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rajgir was 0.6% Severe and 37.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Rajgir 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Rajgir has improved by 158 AQI points (56%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Rajgir hit AQI 461 at Dangi Tola (BSPCB) on 2022-12-31.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Rajgir spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 154, max 154).