Palwal vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Palwal 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, Palwal averaged an AQI of 95 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 39-point (41%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 718 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 590 of them; the average daily gap was 96 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Palwal peaks in November, while Samastipur peaks in January. Palwal logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Palwal 37 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Palwal reached AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Palwal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).