Bilaspur vs Maihar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bilaspur and Maihar.
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, Bilaspur averaged an AQI of 61 while Maihar averaged 59 — a 2-point (3%) gap, with Bilaspur the more polluted and Maihar the cleaner of the two. On 665 days when both cities reported, Maihar was cleaner on 477 of them; the average daily gap was 27 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Bilaspur logged 0% Severe days and 88% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Maihar was 0% Severe and 94.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bilaspur 66 days, Maihar 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bilaspur has improved by 22 AQI points (26.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Maihar has improved by 9 AQI points (13.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bilaspur reached AQI 259 at Mangala (NTPC) on 2023-03-09; Maihar hit AQI 262 at Sahilara Maihar (Cements) on 2022-08-25.
Station-level disparity
Bilaspur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 69, max 69); Maihar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).