Bhopal vs Dhule
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Dhule.
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 Dhule averaged 103 — a 11-point (11%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Dhule the cleaner of the two. On 345 days when both cities reported, Dhule was cleaner on 230 of them; the average daily gap was 41 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; Dhule was 0% Severe and 47.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Dhule 35 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Dhule has improved by 5 AQI points (4.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Dhule hit AQI 276 at Deopur (MPCB) on 2023-11-07.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Dhule spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 105, max 105).