Davanagere vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Davanagere 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, Davanagere averaged an AQI of 57 while Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 8-point (16%) gap, with Davanagere the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 674 days when both cities reported, Davanagere was cleaner on 473 of them; the average daily gap was 25 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Davanagere peaks in March, while Kalaburagi peaks in December. Davanagere logged 0% Severe days and 89.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Davanagere 35 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Davanagere has worsened by 5 AQI points (9.6%) from 2021 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Davanagere reached AQI 233 at Devaraj Urs Badavane (KSPCB) on 2023-11-15; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Davanagere spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 57, max 57); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).