Kalaburagi vs Patna
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Patna.
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 Patna averaged 172 — a 123-point (251%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1392 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 1352 of them; the average daily gap was 153 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Patna was 7.5% Severe and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Patna 30 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Patna hit AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Patna spans 6 stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193).