Bikaner vs Sikar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bikaner and Sikar.
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 Sikar averaged 139 — a 15-point (11%) gap, with Bikaner the more polluted and Sikar the cleaner of the two. On 628 days when both cities reported, Sikar was cleaner on 453 of them; the average daily gap was 39 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; Sikar was 0.2% Severe and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bikaner 15 days, Sikar 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bikaner has improved by 16 AQI points (9.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Sikar has worsened by 4 AQI points (3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bikaner reached AQI 403 at MM Ground (RSPCB) on 2024-11-17; Sikar hit AQI 452 at Radhakishan Pura (RSPCB) on 2023-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Bikaner spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162); Sikar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137).