Cuttack vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack 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, Cuttack averaged an AQI of 112 while Siliguri averaged 81 — a 31-point (38%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 346 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 239 of them; the average daily gap was 45 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Siliguri peaks in February. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).