Kāshīpur vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kāshīpur 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, Kāshīpur averaged an AQI of 106 while Purnia averaged 133 — a 27-point (25%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Kāshīpur the cleaner of the two. On 428 days when both cities reported, Kāshīpur was cleaner on 314 of them; the average daily gap was 70 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Kāshīpur logged 0% Severe days and 58.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kāshīpur 47 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kāshīpur has worsened by 14 AQI points (15.2%) from 2023 to 2024; Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kāshīpur reached AQI 327 at Govt Girls Inter College (UKPCB) on 2024-01-19; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Kāshīpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 101, max 101); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).