Bhopal vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Ludhiana.
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 Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Ludhiana the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 784 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 437 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; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).