Bhopal vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 5-point (4%) gap, with Sawāi Mādhopur the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 332 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 190 of them; the average daily gap was 39 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; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).