Samastipur vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Samastipur and Sonipat.
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 Sonipat averaged 134 — a 0-point (0%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Samastipur the cleaner of the two. On 554 days when both cities reported, Sonipat was cleaner on 351 of them; the average daily gap was 81 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Samastipur peaks in January, while Sonipat peaks in November. Samastipur logged 1.4% Severe days and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Samastipur 9 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) from 2022 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Samastipur reached AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Samastipur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).