Bhopal vs Pithampur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Pithampur.
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 Pithampur averaged 117 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Pithampur the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 1511 days when both cities reported, Pithampur was cleaner on 922 of them; the average daily gap was 32 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Pithampur peaks in December. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pithampur was 0% Severe and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Pithampur 101 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Pithampur has improved by 57 AQI points (32.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Pithampur hit AQI 310 at Sector-2 Industrial Area (MPPCB) on 2017-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Pithampur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 114, max 114).