Bhopal vs Korba
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Korba.
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 Korba averaged 67 — a 47-point (70%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 355 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 310 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Korba peaks in January. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Korba was 0% Severe and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Korba 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Korba hit AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Korba spans 2 stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75).