Bhopal vs Ranipet
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Ranipet.
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 Ranipet averaged 75 — a 39-point (52%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Ranipet the cleaner of the two. On 62 days when both cities reported, Ranipet was cleaner on 61 of them; the average daily gap was 133 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; Ranipet was 0% Severe and 67.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Ranipet 10 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Ranipet hit AQI 224 at VOC Nagar SIPCOT (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Ranipet spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).