Baripāda vs Korba
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda and Korba.
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 Korba averaged 67 — a 54-point (81%) gap, with Baripāda the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 649 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 498 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Korba was 0% Severe and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Korba 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Baripāda has improved by 87 AQI points (41.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Korba hit AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Korba spans 2 stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75).