Bangalore vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bangalore 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, Bangalore averaged an AQI of 74 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 60-point (81%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Bangalore the cleaner of the two. On 792 days when both cities reported, Bangalore was cleaner on 545 of them; the average daily gap was 84 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bangalore peaks in March, while Samastipur peaks in January. Bangalore logged 0.5% Severe days and 42.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bangalore 31 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bangalore has improved by 26 AQI points (26%) from 2016 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bangalore reached AQI 500 at Silk Board (KSPCB) on 2024-01-10; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Bangalore spans 14 CPCB stations with a 50-point spread (min 49, max 99); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).