Bhopal vs Patiala
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Patiala.
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 Patiala averaged 103 — a 11-point (11%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Patiala the cleaner of the two. On 1510 days when both cities reported, Patiala was cleaner on 949 of them; the average daily gap was 44 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; Patiala was 0.1% Severe and 54.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Patiala 86 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Patiala has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Patiala hit AQI 415 at Model Town (PPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Patiala spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 104, max 104).