Samastipur vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Samastipur 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, Samastipur averaged an AQI of 134 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 24-point (22%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 737 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 554 of them; the average daily gap was 82 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; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Samastipur 9 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) from 2022 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Samastipur reached AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Samastipur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).