Bhiwāni vs Dhanbad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhiwāni 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, Bhiwāni averaged an AQI of 134 while Dhanbad averaged 161 — a 27-point (20%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Bhiwāni the cleaner of the two. On 210 days when both cities reported, Bhiwāni was cleaner on 142 of them; the average daily gap was 70 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bhiwāni logged 0.6% Severe days and 36.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Dhanbad was 0.4% Severe and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhiwāni 33 days, Dhanbad 2 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Bhiwāni reached AQI 471 at HB Colony (HSPCB) on 2019-11-13; Dhanbad hit AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28.
Station-level disparity
Bhiwāni spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 144, max 144); Dhanbad spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168).