Cuttack vs Siwan
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Siwan.
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 Siwan averaged 148 — a 36-point (32%) gap, with Siwan the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 263 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 157 of them; the average daily gap was 79 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; Siwan was 5.2% Severe and 17.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Siwan 13 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Siwan has improved by 184 AQI points (55.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Siwan hit AQI 488 at Chitragupta Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-30.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Siwan spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 197, max 197).