Baripāda vs Bhopal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda and Bhopal.
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, Baripāda averaged an AQI of 121 while Bhopal averaged 114 — a 7-point (6%) gap, with Baripāda the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 368 days when both cities reported, Baripāda was cleaner on 188 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Baripāda peaks in January, while Bhopal peaks in November. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bhopal was 0% Severe and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Bhopal 47 days.
Year-over-year progress
Baripāda has improved by 87 AQI points (41.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Bhopal hit AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Bhopal spans 3 stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129).