Bhopal vs Hapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Hapur.
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 Hapur averaged 142 — a 28-point (25%) gap, with Hapur the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 1434 days when both cities reported, Bhopal was cleaner on 913 of them; the average daily gap was 60 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; Hapur was 1.9% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Hapur 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Hapur has improved by 197 AQI points (58.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Hapur hit AQI 477 at Anand Vihar (UPPCB) on 2019-10-31.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Hapur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 159, max 159).