Kalaburagi vs Tirupati
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Tirupati.
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 Tirupati averaged 75 — a 26-point (53%) gap, with Tirupati the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 247 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 137 of them; the average daily gap was 38 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Tirupati peaks in April. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tirupati was 0% Severe and 84% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Tirupati 36 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Tirupati has improved by 20 AQI points (21.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Tirupati hit AQI 263 at Vaikuntapuram (APPCB) on 2022-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Tirupati spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).