Bhilai vs Panipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhilai and Panipat.
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 Panipat averaged 121 — a 48-point (66%) gap, with Panipat the more polluted and Bhilai the cleaner of the two. On 683 days when both cities reported, Bhilai was cleaner on 560 of them; the average daily gap was 56 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; Panipat was 1.1% Severe and 33.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhilai 119 days, Panipat 38 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhilai has worsened by 8 AQI points (12.3%) from 2021 to 2024; Panipat has improved by 51 AQI points (29.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhilai reached AQI 288 at Hathkhoj (CECB) on 2023-12-26; Panipat hit AQI 475 at Sector-18 (HSPCB) on 2019-10-30.
Station-level disparity
Bhilai spans 3 CPCB stations with a 25-point spread (min 59, max 84); Panipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 152, max 152).