Bhagalpur vs Bhopal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhagalpur 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, Bhagalpur averaged an AQI of 164 while Bhopal averaged 114 — a 50-point (44%) gap, with Bhagalpur the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 735 days when both cities reported, Bhopal was cleaner on 539 of them; the average daily gap was 83 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhagalpur peaks in January, while Bhopal peaks in November. Bhagalpur logged 1.9% Severe days and 19.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bhopal was 0% Severe and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhagalpur 20 days, Bhopal 47 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhagalpur has improved by 123 AQI points (42.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhagalpur reached AQI 451 at Mayaganj (BSPCB) on 2022-12-30; Bhopal hit AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06.
Station-level disparity
Bhagalpur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 26-point spread (min 170, max 196); Bhopal spans 3 stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129).