Bhiwandi vs Kolhapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhiwandi and Kolhapur.
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, Bhiwandi averaged an AQI of 108 while Kolhapur averaged 100 — a 8-point (8%) gap, with Bhiwandi the more polluted and Kolhapur the cleaner of the two. On 331 days when both cities reported, Kolhapur was cleaner on 163 of them; the average daily gap was 34 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bhiwandi logged 0% Severe days and 52.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kolhapur was 0% Severe and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhiwandi 52 days, Kolhapur 81 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Bhiwandi reached AQI 270 at Gokul Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-05-14; Kolhapur hit AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12.
Station-level disparity
Bhiwandi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 106, max 106); Kolhapur spans 2 stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109).