Palwal vs Saharsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Palwal 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, Palwal averaged an AQI of 95 while Saharsa averaged 139 — a 44-point (46%) gap, with Saharsa the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 827 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 634 of them; the average daily gap was 104 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Palwal peaks in November, while Saharsa peaks in January. Palwal logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Saharsa was 1.4% Severe and 28.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Palwal 37 days, Saharsa 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Saharsa has improved by 139 AQI points (50%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Palwal reached AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14; Saharsa hit AQI 454 at Police Line (BSPCB) on 2022-12-13.
Station-level disparity
Palwal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120); Saharsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 188, max 188).