Bihar Sharif vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bihar Sharif and Kalaburagi.
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, Bihar Sharif averaged an AQI of 115 while Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 66-point (135%) gap, with Bihar Sharif the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 507 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 448 of them; the average daily gap was 92 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Bihar Sharif logged 1% Severe days and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bihar Sharif 32 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bihar Sharif has improved by 138 AQI points (54.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bihar Sharif reached AQI 433 at D M Colony Bihar (BSPCB) on 2021-12-24; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Bihar Sharif spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 146, max 146); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).