Bareilly vs Silchar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Silchar.
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 Silchar averaged 52 — a 9-point (17%) gap, with Bareilly the more polluted and Silchar the cleaner of the two. On 349 days when both cities reported, Silchar was cleaner on 227 of them; the average daily gap was 29 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Silchar peaks in February. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Silchar was 0% Severe and 100% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Silchar 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Silchar has worsened by 11 AQI points (26.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Silchar hit AQI 89 at Tarapur (PCBA) on 2023-04-29.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Silchar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 47, max 47).