Muzaffarpur vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Muzaffarpur and Siliguri.
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, Muzaffarpur averaged an AQI of 151 while Siliguri averaged 81 — a 70-point (86%) gap, with Muzaffarpur the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 1749 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 1604 of them; the average daily gap was 95 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Muzaffarpur peaks in January, while Siliguri peaks in February. Muzaffarpur logged 4.5% Severe days and 30.900000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Muzaffarpur 26 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Muzaffarpur has improved by 62 AQI points (29.1%) from 2016 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Muzaffarpur reached AQI 482 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Muzaffarpur spans 3 CPCB stations with a 14-point spread (min 171, max 185); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).