Nalbāri vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nalbāri 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, Nalbāri averaged an AQI of 129 while Siliguri averaged 81 — a 48-point (59%) gap, with Nalbāri the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 292 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Nalbāri peaks in January, while Siliguri peaks in February. Nalbāri logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nalbāri 18 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nalbāri has improved by 72 AQI points (35.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nalbāri reached AQI 384 at Bata Chowk (PCBA) on 2024-01-08; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Nalbāri spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).