Baripāda vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda and Prayagraj.
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 Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 41-point (51%) gap, with Baripāda the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 368 days when both cities reported, Prayagraj was cleaner on 234 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Baripāda peaks in January, while Prayagraj peaks in November. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Baripāda has improved by 87 AQI points (41.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).