Bhopal vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Panchkula.
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 Panchkula averaged 117 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Panchkula the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 1091 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 684 of them; the average daily gap was 55 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Panchkula peaks in December. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).