Bikaner vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bikaner 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, Bikaner averaged an AQI of 154 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 98-point (175%) gap, with Bikaner the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 358 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 312 of them; the average daily gap was 92 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; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bikaner 15 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bikaner has improved by 16 AQI points (9.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bikaner reached AQI 403 at MM Ground (RSPCB) on 2024-11-17; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Bikaner spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).