Kāshīpur vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kāshīpur and Salem.
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 Salem averaged 68 — a 38-point (56%) gap, with Kāshīpur the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 268 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 192 of them; the average daily gap was 49 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kāshīpur peaks in January, while Salem peaks in April. Kāshīpur logged 0% Severe days and 58.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kāshīpur 47 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kāshīpur has worsened by 14 AQI points (15.2%) from 2023 to 2024; Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kāshīpur reached AQI 327 at Govt Girls Inter College (UKPCB) on 2024-01-19; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Kāshīpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 101, max 101); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).