Panchkula vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Panchkula 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 2022, Panchkula averaged an AQI of 117 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 17-point (15%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Panchkula the cleaner of the two. On 195 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 176 of them; the average daily gap was 111 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Panchkula peaks in December, while Samastipur peaks in January. Panchkula logged 0.1% Severe days and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Panchkula 60 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) from 2017 to 2022; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Panchkula reached AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Panchkula spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).