Raipur vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Raipur 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, Raipur averaged an AQI of 74 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 60-point (81%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Raipur the cleaner of the two. On 583 days when both cities reported, Raipur was cleaner on 460 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Raipur peaks in November, while Samastipur peaks in January. Raipur logged 0% Severe days and 54.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Raipur 70 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Raipur has improved by 64 AQI points (46.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Raipur reached AQI 226 at AIIMS (CECB) on 2023-12-26; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Raipur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 42-point spread (min 63, max 105); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).