Bhopal vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Siliguri.
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 Siliguri averaged 81 — a 33-point (41%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 1352 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 973 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Siliguri peaks in February. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).