Purnia vs Solapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Purnia and Solapur.
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, Purnia averaged an AQI of 133 while Solapur averaged 96 — a 37-point (39%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Solapur the cleaner of the two. On 498 days when both cities reported, Solapur was cleaner on 314 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Purnia peaks in January, while Solapur peaks in March. Purnia logged 3.7% Severe days and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Solapur was 0% Severe and 52.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Purnia 14 days, Solapur 61 days.
Year-over-year progress
Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) from 2021 to 2024; Solapur has improved by 45 AQI points (31.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Purnia reached AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15; Solapur hit AQI 266 at Solapur (MPCB) on 2018-03-03.
Station-level disparity
Purnia spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176); Solapur spans 3 stations with a 10-point spread (min 88, max 98).