Kalaburagi vs Mangalore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Mangalore.
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, Kalaburagi averaged an AQI of 49 while Mangalore averaged 61 — a 12-point (24%) gap, with Mangalore the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 707 days when both cities reported, Mangalore was cleaner on 372 of them; the average daily gap was 31 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Mangalore peaks in February. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Mangalore was 0% Severe and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Mangalore 64 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Mangalore hit AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Mangalore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68).