Buxar vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Buxar 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, Buxar averaged an AQI of 141 while Siliguri averaged 81 — a 60-point (74%) gap, with Buxar the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 222 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 196 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in February on average. Buxar logged 0% Severe days and 39% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Buxar 13 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Buxar reached AQI 389 at Charitra Van (BSPCB) on 2024-02-11; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Buxar 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).