Balasore vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Balasore and Siliguri.
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, Balasore averaged an AQI of 131 while Siliguri averaged 81 — a 50-point (62%) gap, with Balasore the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 349 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 299 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Balasore peaks in January, while Siliguri peaks in February. Balasore logged 0.2% Severe days and 42.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Balasore 29 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Balasore has improved by 58 AQI points (30.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Balasore reached AQI 406 at Kalidaspur (OSPCB) on 2024-01-16; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Balasore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).