Bharatpur vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bharatpur and Salem.
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, Bharatpur averaged an AQI of 131 while Salem averaged 68 — a 63-point (93%) gap, with Bharatpur the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 303 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 258 of them; the average daily gap was 90 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bharatpur peaks in January, while Salem peaks in April. Bharatpur logged 0% Severe days and 33.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bharatpur 41 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bharatpur has improved by 25 AQI points (16%) from 2023 to 2024; Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bharatpur reached AQI 396 at Krishna Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-11-14; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Bharatpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 142, max 142); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).