Nalbāri vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nalbāri 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, Nalbāri averaged an AQI of 129 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 5-point (4%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Nalbāri the cleaner of the two. On 548 days when both cities reported, Nalbāri was cleaner on 388 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Nalbāri logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nalbāri 18 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nalbāri has improved by 72 AQI points (35.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nalbāri reached AQI 384 at Bata Chowk (PCBA) on 2024-01-08; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Nalbāri spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).