Nalbāri vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nalbāri 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, Nalbāri averaged an AQI of 129 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 73-point (130%) gap, with Nalbāri the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 359 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 253 of them; the average daily gap was 84 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Nalbāri logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nalbāri 18 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nalbāri has improved by 72 AQI points (35.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nalbāri reached AQI 384 at Bata Chowk (PCBA) on 2024-01-08; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Nalbāri spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).