Bidar vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bidar and Varanasi.
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 Varanasi averaged 56 — a 29-point (52%) gap, with Bidar the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 560 days when both cities reported, Bidar was cleaner on 342 of them; the average daily gap was 59 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; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bidar 24 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bidar has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.2%) from 2021 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bidar reached AQI 437 at Naubad (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Bidar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 84, max 84); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).