Agra vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Agra and Samastipur.
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, Agra averaged an AQI of 79 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 55-point (70%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Agra the cleaner of the two. On 485 days when both cities reported, Agra was cleaner on 334 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Agra logged 3.3% Severe days and 34.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Agra 46 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Agra has improved by 134 AQI points (62.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Agra reached AQI 500 at Sanjay Palace (UPPCB) on 2017-06-03; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Agra spans 6 CPCB stations with a 83-point spread (min 79, max 162); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).