Korba vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Korba 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, Korba averaged an AQI of 67 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 67-point (100%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 569 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 508 of them; the average daily gap was 89 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; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Korba 83 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Korba reached AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Korba spans 2 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).