Kalaburagi vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Varanasi.
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 Varanasi averaged 56 — a 7-point (14%) gap, with Varanasi the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1380 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 1123 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Varanasi peaks in January. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).