Bhopal vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Rāichūr.
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 Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 8-point (8%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Rāichūr the cleaner of the two. On 769 days when both cities reported, Rāichūr was cleaner on 531 of them; the average daily gap was 50 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).