Saharsa vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Saharsa and Visakhapatnam.
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 Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 29-point (26%) gap, with Saharsa the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 854 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 609 of them; the average daily gap was 91 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; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Saharsa 20 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Saharsa has improved by 139 AQI points (50%) from 2021 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Saharsa reached AQI 454 at Police Line (BSPCB) on 2022-12-13; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Saharsa spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 188, max 188); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).