Saharsa vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Saharsa 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, Saharsa averaged an AQI of 139 while Samastipur averaged 134 — a 5-point (4%) gap, with Saharsa the more polluted and Samastipur the cleaner of the two. On 643 days when both cities reported, Saharsa was cleaner on 343 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Saharsa logged 1.4% Severe days and 28.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Saharsa 20 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Saharsa has improved by 139 AQI points (50%) from 2021 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Saharsa reached AQI 454 at Police Line (BSPCB) on 2022-12-13; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Saharsa spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 188, max 188); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).