Samastipur vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Samastipur and Vijayawada.
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 Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 70-point (109%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 452 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 395 of them; the average daily gap was 74 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Samastipur peaks in January, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Samastipur logged 1.4% Severe days and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Samastipur 9 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) from 2022 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Samastipur reached AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Samastipur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).