Bhopal vs Ratlam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Ratlam.
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 Ratlam averaged 113 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Ratlam the cleaner of the two. On 1366 days when both cities reported, Ratlam was cleaner on 961 of them; the average daily gap was 36 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; Ratlam was 0% Severe and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Ratlam 59 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Ratlam hit AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Ratlam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103).