Korba vs Saharsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Korba and Saharsa.
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, Korba averaged an AQI of 67 while Saharsa averaged 139 — a 72-point (107%) gap, with Saharsa the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 610 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 521 of them; the average daily gap was 98 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Korba logged 0% Severe days and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Saharsa was 1.4% Severe and 28.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Korba 83 days, Saharsa 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Saharsa has improved by 139 AQI points (50%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Korba reached AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04; Saharsa hit AQI 454 at Police Line (BSPCB) on 2022-12-13.
Station-level disparity
Korba spans 2 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75); Saharsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 188, max 188).