Kaithal vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal 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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 8-point (6%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Kaithal the cleaner of the two. On 724 days when both cities reported, Kaithal was cleaner on 490 of them; the average daily gap was 82 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Samastipur peaks in January. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).