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Agartala vs Kishanganj

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Agartala and Kishanganj.

Cleaner right now: Agartala (169-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Agartala cleaner 409/587 daysYoY 20202024: Agartala -8.5% · Kishanganj -48.6%

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

🏆 Cleaner

Agartala

Tripura, India

Satisfactory

PM2.5: 37.3 µg/m³

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Kishanganj

Bihar, India

Poor

PM2.5: 99.4 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantAgartalaKishanganj
PM2.5(µg/m³)37.3099.40
PM10(µg/m³)40.40102.00
NO₂(µg/m³)23.0019.70
SO₂(µg/m³)3.1012.20
O₃(µg/m³)23.0059.00
CO(µg/m³)281.00768.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Agartala averaged an AQI of 140 while Kishanganj averaged 144 — a 4-point (3%) gap, with Kishanganj the more polluted and Agartala the cleaner of the two. On 587 days when both cities reported, Agartala was cleaner on 409 of them; the average daily gap was 53 AQI points.

Seasonality & days

Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Agartala logged 0% Severe days and 52.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kishanganj was 0.2% Severe and 37.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Agartala 87 days, Kishanganj 23 days.

Year-over-year progress

Agartala has improved by 13 AQI points (8.5%) from 2020 to 2024; Kishanganj has improved by 136 AQI points (48.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Agartala reached AQI 364 at Kunjaban Agartala (SPCB) on 2022-12-16; Kishanganj hit AQI 417 at SDM Office Khagra (BSPCB) on 2022-02-01.

Station-level disparity

Agartala spans 2 CPCB stations with a 10-point spread (min 109, max 119); Kishanganj spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 156, max 156).

Verdict

🏆 Agartala has better air quality with an AQI of 63 compared to Kishanganj's 232. That's a significant difference of 169 points.

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