SmogRank / Kalaburagi / Sholapur
Kalaburagi vs Sholapur: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Sholapur's air was about 1.8× as polluted as Kalaburagi's: PM2.5 averaged 36.8 µg/m³ against 20.7, on the 307 days both cities were measured. Sholapur had the dirtier air on 266 of those days, Kalaburagi on 41. Sholapur was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 267 of them, Kalaburagi on 232.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Kalaburagi | Sholapur | Days Kalaburagi was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 70 | 96 | 33 |
| 2025 | 76 | 92 | 109 |
Means in US AQI over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.
Each city's worst days
Kalaburagi
- 2 Dec 202514553.4 µg/m³
- 9 Nov 202511741.8 µg/m³
- 26 Nov 202511139.7 µg/m³
Sholapur
- 31 Dec 202517995.9 µg/m³
- 1 Jan 202616474.6 µg/m³
- 12 Mar 202616474.3 µg/m³
Daily means in US AQI, with µg/m³ beside them, since the index stops at its top value, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.
Compare either city with another
Kalaburagi
Side by side with Yadgir (the nearest), Jīnd (India's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Sholapur
Side by side with Jīnd (India's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Kalaburagi and Sholapur, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/in-kalaburagi/in-sholapur (accessed 9 Oct 2026).
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Updated 2026-10-09 12:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).