Cuttack vs Sasaram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Sasaram.
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, Cuttack averaged an AQI of 112 while Sasaram averaged 109 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Sasaram the cleaner of the two. On 373 days when both cities reported, Sasaram was cleaner on 195 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sasaram was 0.1% Severe and 37% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Sasaram 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Sasaram has improved by 166 AQI points (60.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Sasaram hit AQI 401 at Dada Peer (BSPCB) on 2021-11-28.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Sasaram spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 148, max 148).