Baripāda vs Dhanbad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda and Dhanbad.
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 Dhanbad averaged 161 — a 40-point (33%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Baripāda the cleaner of the two. On 199 days when both cities reported, Baripāda was cleaner on 130 of them; the average daily gap was 74 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Baripāda peaks in January, while Dhanbad peaks in November. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Dhanbad was 0.4% Severe and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Dhanbad 2 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Dhanbad hit AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Dhanbad spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168).