Bhopal vs Gwalior
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Gwalior.
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 Gwalior averaged 136 — a 22-point (19%) gap, with Gwalior the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 1361 days when both cities reported, Bhopal was cleaner on 964 of them; the average daily gap was 50 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; Gwalior was 0.4% Severe and 31.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Gwalior 47 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Gwalior has improved by 12 AQI points (8.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Gwalior hit AQI 450 at City Center (MPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Gwalior spans 4 stations with a 53-point spread (min 112, max 165).