Kochi vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi 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, Kochi averaged an AQI of 91 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 43-point (47%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 456 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 386 of them; the average daily gap was 105 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) from 2020 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).