Bareilly vs Shillong
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Shillong.
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 Shillong averaged 75 — a 14-point (23%) gap, with Shillong the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 394 days when both cities reported, Shillong was cleaner on 283 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Shillong peaks in February. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Shillong was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Shillong 113 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Shillong has worsened by 41 AQI points (120.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Shillong hit AQI 212 at Lumpyngngad Shillong (PCB) on 2024-02-19.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Shillong spans 2 stations with a 2-point spread (min 42, max 44).