Kota vs Saharsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota 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, Kota averaged an AQI of 131 while Saharsa averaged 139 — a 8-point (6%) gap, with Saharsa the more polluted and Kota the cleaner of the two. On 597 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 331 of them; the average daily gap was 82 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Saharsa peaks in January. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Saharsa was 1.4% Severe and 28.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Saharsa 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Saharsa has improved by 139 AQI points (50%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Saharsa hit AQI 454 at Police Line (BSPCB) on 2022-12-13.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Saharsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 188, max 188).