Jīnd vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jīnd and Purnia.
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, Jīnd averaged an AQI of 126 while Purnia averaged 133 — a 7-point (6%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Jīnd the cleaner of the two. On 795 days when both cities reported, Jīnd was cleaner on 468 of them; the average daily gap was 74 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Jīnd peaks in November, while Purnia peaks in January. Jīnd logged 2.1% Severe days and 36.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jīnd 23 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jīnd has improved by 39 AQI points (23.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jīnd reached AQI 491 at Police Lines (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Jīnd spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 158, max 158); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).