Bikaner vs Hanumāngarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bikaner and Hanumāngarh.
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, Bikaner averaged an AQI of 154 while Hanumāngarh averaged 178 — a 24-point (16%) gap, with Hanumāngarh the more polluted and Bikaner the cleaner of the two. On 596 days when both cities reported, Bikaner was cleaner on 350 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Bikaner logged 0.1% Severe days and 21.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Hanumāngarh was 2.8% Severe and 20% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bikaner 15 days, Hanumāngarh 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bikaner has improved by 16 AQI points (9.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Hanumāngarh has improved by 13 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bikaner reached AQI 403 at MM Ground (RSPCB) on 2024-11-17; Hanumāngarh hit AQI 447 at Housing Board (RSPCB) on 2023-11-25.
Station-level disparity
Bikaner spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162); Hanumāngarh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 184, max 184).