Kalaburagi vs Pithampur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Pithampur.
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 Pithampur averaged 117 — a 68-point (139%) gap, with Pithampur the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1412 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 1125 of them; the average daily gap was 50 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; Pithampur was 0% Severe and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Pithampur 101 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Pithampur has improved by 57 AQI points (32.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Pithampur hit AQI 310 at Sector-2 Industrial Area (MPPCB) on 2017-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Pithampur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 114, max 114).