Bhagalpur vs Ranipet
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhagalpur and Ranipet.
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 Ranipet averaged 75 — a 89-point (119%) gap, with Bhagalpur the more polluted and Ranipet the cleaner of the two. On 61 days when both cities reported, Ranipet was cleaner on 59 of them; the average daily gap was 114 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhagalpur peaks in January, while Ranipet peaks in November. Bhagalpur logged 1.9% Severe days and 19.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ranipet was 0% Severe and 67.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhagalpur 20 days, Ranipet 10 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Bhagalpur reached AQI 451 at Mayaganj (BSPCB) on 2022-12-30; Ranipet hit AQI 224 at VOC Nagar SIPCOT (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Bhagalpur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 26-point spread (min 170, max 196); Ranipet spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).