Baripāda vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda and Kalaburagi.
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 Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 72-point (147%) gap, with Baripāda the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 309 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Baripāda peaks in January, while Kalaburagi peaks in December. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Baripāda has improved by 87 AQI points (41.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).