Bhilwara vs Dhanbad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhilwara and Dhanbad.
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, Bhilwara averaged an AQI of 98 while Dhanbad averaged 161 — a 63-point (64%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Bhilwara the cleaner of the two. On 202 days when both cities reported, Bhilwara was cleaner on 165 of them; the average daily gap was 82 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhilwara peaks in December, while Dhanbad peaks in November. Bhilwara logged 0% Severe days and 54.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Dhanbad was 0.4% Severe and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhilwara 35 days, Dhanbad 2 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Bhilwara reached AQI 331 at Pratap Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-12-27; Dhanbad hit AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28.
Station-level disparity
Bhilwara spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111); Dhanbad spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168).