Samastipur vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Samastipur and Thiruvananthapuram.
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 Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 78-point (139%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 483 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 457 of them; the average daily gap was 107 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Samastipur logged 1.4% Severe days and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Samastipur 9 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) from 2022 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Samastipur reached AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Samastipur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).