Bhopal vs Ulhasnagar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal and Ulhasnagar.
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 Ulhasnagar averaged 117 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Ulhasnagar the more polluted and Bhopal the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Ulhasnagar was cleaner on 207 of them; the average daily gap was 39 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Ulhasnagar peaks in January. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ulhasnagar was 0% Severe and 46.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Ulhasnagar 74 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Ulhasnagar has improved by 10 AQI points (7.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Ulhasnagar hit AQI 319 at Sidhi Vinayak Nagar (MPCB) on 2023-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Ulhasnagar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).