Indore vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore 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, Indore averaged an AQI of 84 while Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 35-point (71%) gap, with Indore the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1148 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 984 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Indore peaks in November, while Kalaburagi peaks in December. Indore logged 0% Severe days and 45.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).