Buxar vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Buxar and Salem.
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, Buxar averaged an AQI of 141 while Salem averaged 68 — a 73-point (107%) gap, with Buxar the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 96 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 90 of them; the average daily gap was 71 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Buxar peaks in February, while Salem peaks in April. Buxar logged 0% Severe days and 39% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Buxar 13 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Buxar reached AQI 389 at Charitra Van (BSPCB) on 2024-02-11; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Buxar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).