Samastipur vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Samastipur and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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, Samastipur averaged an AQI of 134 while Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 15-point (13%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Sawāi Mādhopur the cleaner of the two. On 474 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 314 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Samastipur peaks in January, while Sawāi Mādhopur peaks in November. Samastipur logged 1.4% Severe days and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Samastipur 9 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) from 2022 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Samastipur reached AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Samastipur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).