Bidar vs Chandigarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bidar and Chandigarh.
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, Bidar averaged an AQI of 85 while Chandigarh averaged 153 — a 68-point (80%) gap, with Chandigarh the more polluted and Bidar the cleaner of the two. On 786 days when both cities reported, Bidar was cleaner on 698 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Bidar logged 0.1% Severe days and 72.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Chandigarh was 0.3% Severe and 39.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bidar 24 days, Chandigarh 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bidar has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.2%) from 2021 to 2024; Chandigarh has worsened by 27 AQI points (21.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bidar reached AQI 437 at Naubad (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25; Chandigarh hit AQI 452 at Sector-53 (CPCC) on 2022-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Bidar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 84, max 84); Chandigarh spans 3 stations with a 43-point spread (min 107, max 150).