Bhilai vs Bhiwāni
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhilai and Bhiwāni.
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, Bhilai averaged an AQI of 73 while Bhiwāni averaged 134 — a 61-point (84%) gap, with Bhiwāni the more polluted and Bhilai the cleaner of the two. On 777 days when both cities reported, Bhilai was cleaner on 649 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bhilai logged 0% Severe days and 71.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bhiwāni was 0.6% Severe and 36.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhilai 119 days, Bhiwāni 33 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhilai has worsened by 8 AQI points (12.3%) from 2021 to 2024; Bhiwāni has improved by 15 AQI points (10.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhilai reached AQI 288 at Hathkhoj (CECB) on 2023-12-26; Bhiwāni hit AQI 471 at HB Colony (HSPCB) on 2019-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Bhilai spans 3 CPCB stations with a 25-point spread (min 59, max 84); Bhiwāni spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 144, max 144).