Kalaburagi vs Ratlam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Ratlam.
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 Ratlam averaged 113 — a 64-point (131%) gap, with Ratlam the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1195 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 885 of them; the average daily gap was 46 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Ratlam peaks in November. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ratlam was 0% Severe and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Ratlam 59 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Ratlam hit AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Ratlam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103).