Pithampur vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pithampur and Purnia.
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, Pithampur averaged an AQI of 117 while Purnia averaged 133 — a 16-point (14%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Pithampur the cleaner of the two. On 862 days when both cities reported, Pithampur was cleaner on 585 of them; the average daily gap was 80 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Pithampur peaks in December, while Purnia peaks in January. Pithampur logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pithampur 101 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pithampur has improved by 57 AQI points (32.8%) from 2017 to 2024; Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pithampur reached AQI 310 at Sector-2 Industrial Area (MPPCB) on 2017-12-08; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Pithampur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 114, max 114); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).