Bhagalpur vs Kaithal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhagalpur and Kaithal.
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 Kaithal averaged 126 — a 38-point (30%) gap, with Bhagalpur the more polluted and Kaithal the cleaner of the two. On 1016 days when both cities reported, Kaithal was cleaner on 723 of them; the average daily gap was 87 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhagalpur peaks in January, while Kaithal peaks in November. Bhagalpur logged 1.9% Severe days and 19.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kaithal was 0.7% Severe and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhagalpur 20 days, Kaithal 39 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhagalpur has improved by 123 AQI points (42.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhagalpur reached AQI 451 at Mayaganj (BSPCB) on 2022-12-30; Kaithal hit AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Bhagalpur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 26-point spread (min 170, max 196); Kaithal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136).