Bhopal vs Charkhi Dādri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Charkhi Dādri.
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, Bhopal averaged an AQI of 114 while Charkhi Dādri averaged 145 — a 31-point (27%) gap, with Charkhi Dādri the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 1147 days when both cities reported, Bhopal was cleaner on 795 of them; the average daily gap was 63 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Charkhi Dādri was 0.7% Severe and 28% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Charkhi Dādri 48 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Charkhi Dādri has improved by 51 AQI points (26%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Charkhi Dādri hit AQI 470 at Mini Secretariat Charkhi (HSPCB) on 2021-11-12.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Charkhi Dādri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).