Bareilly vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Varanasi.
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 Varanasi averaged 56 — a 5-point (9%) gap, with Bareilly the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 566 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 297 of them; the average daily gap was 33 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).