Kalaburagi vs Shillong
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Shillong.
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 Shillong averaged 75 — a 26-point (53%) gap, with Shillong the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 734 days when both cities reported, Shillong was cleaner on 516 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Shillong peaks in February. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Shillong was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Shillong 113 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Shillong has worsened by 41 AQI points (120.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Shillong hit AQI 212 at Lumpyngngad Shillong (PCB) on 2024-02-19.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Shillong spans 2 stations with a 2-point spread (min 42, max 44).