Sasaram vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Sasaram 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, Sasaram averaged an AQI of 109 while Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 53-point (95%) gap, with Sasaram the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 671 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 538 of them; the average daily gap was 89 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Sasaram logged 0.1% Severe days and 37% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Sasaram 27 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Sasaram has improved by 166 AQI points (60.4%) from 2021 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Sasaram reached AQI 401 at Dada Peer (BSPCB) on 2021-11-28; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Sasaram spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 148, max 148); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).