Bhopal vs Nagpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Nagpur.
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 Nagpur averaged 104 — a 10-point (10%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Nagpur the cleaner of the two. On 1195 days when both cities reported, Nagpur was cleaner on 819 of them; the average daily gap was 41 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; Nagpur was 0% Severe and 60.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Nagpur 68 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Nagpur has improved by 37 AQI points (26.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Nagpur hit AQI 342 at Opp GPO Civil Lines (MPCB) on 2022-12-03.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Nagpur spans 4 stations with a 9-point spread (min 98, max 107).