Hyderabad vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Hyderabad and Samastipur.
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, Hyderabad averaged an AQI of 78 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 56-point (72%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Hyderabad the cleaner of the two. On 485 days when both cities reported, Hyderabad was cleaner on 314 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Hyderabad peaks in December, while Samastipur peaks in January. Hyderabad logged 0.2% Severe days and 41.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Hyderabad 71 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Hyderabad has improved by 24 AQI points (23.5%) from 2016 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Hyderabad reached AQI 500 at Sanathnagar (TSPCB) on 2024-04-28; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Hyderabad spans 14 CPCB stations with a 35-point spread (min 62, max 97); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).