Bhagalpur vs Rajgir
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhagalpur and Rajgir.
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 Rajgir averaged 124 — a 40-point (32%) gap, with Bhagalpur the more polluted and Rajgir the cleaner of the two. On 849 days when both cities reported, Rajgir was cleaner on 707 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Bhagalpur logged 1.9% Severe days and 19.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rajgir was 0.6% Severe and 37.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhagalpur 20 days, Rajgir 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhagalpur has improved by 123 AQI points (42.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Rajgir has improved by 158 AQI points (56%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhagalpur reached AQI 451 at Mayaganj (BSPCB) on 2022-12-30; Rajgir hit AQI 461 at Dangi Tola (BSPCB) on 2022-12-31.
Station-level disparity
Bhagalpur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 26-point spread (min 170, max 196); Rajgir spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 154, max 154).