Bareilly vs Sikar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Sikar.
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 Sikar averaged 139 — a 78-point (128%) gap, with Sikar the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 348 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 313 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Sikar peaks in January. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sikar was 0.2% Severe and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Sikar 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Sikar has worsened by 4 AQI points (3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Sikar hit AQI 452 at Radhakishan Pura (RSPCB) on 2023-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Sikar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137).