Jīnd vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jīnd 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, Jīnd averaged an AQI of 126 while Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 77-point (157%) gap, with Jīnd the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1263 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 1110 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Jīnd peaks in November, while Kalaburagi peaks in December. Jīnd logged 2.1% Severe days and 36.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jīnd 23 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jīnd has improved by 39 AQI points (23.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jīnd reached AQI 491 at Police Lines (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Jīnd spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 158, max 158); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).