Bhopal vs Mahād
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Mahād.
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 Mahād averaged 90 — a 24-point (27%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Mahād the cleaner of the two. On 339 days when both cities reported, Mahād was cleaner on 283 of them; the average daily gap was 43 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; Mahād was 0% Severe and 63.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Mahād 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Mahād has worsened by 6 AQI points (7.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Mahād hit AQI 242 at Kamble Tarf Birwadi (MPCB) on 2023-11-19.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Mahād spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88).