Mira-Bhayandar vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mira-Bhayandar 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, Mira-Bhayandar averaged an AQI of 102 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 46-point (82%) gap, with Mira-Bhayandar the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 336 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 209 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Mira-Bhayandar peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Mira-Bhayandar logged 0% Severe days and 51.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mira-Bhayandar 41 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Mira-Bhayandar reached AQI 284 at Bhayandar West (MPCB) on 2024-11-23; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Mira-Bhayandar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).