Kalaburagi vs Shivamogga
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Shivamogga.
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 Shivamogga averaged 55 — a 6-point (12%) gap, with Shivamogga the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 911 days when both cities reported, Shivamogga was cleaner on 539 of them; the average daily gap was 33 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Shivamogga peaks in February. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Shivamogga was 0% Severe and 97.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Shivamogga 233 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Shivamogga has improved by 16 AQI points (22.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Shivamogga hit AQI 202 at Vinoba Nagara (KSPCB) on 2021-08-04.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Shivamogga spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).