Ghaziabad vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad 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, Ghaziabad averaged an AQI of 177 while Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 128-point (261%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1428 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 1397 of them; the average daily gap was 169 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ghaziabad peaks in November, while Kalaburagi peaks in December. Ghaziabad logged 12.2% Severe days and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).