Silchar vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Silchar and Siliguri.
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, Silchar averaged an AQI of 52 while Siliguri averaged 81 — a 29-point (56%) gap, with Siliguri the more polluted and Silchar the cleaner of the two. On 345 days when both cities reported, Silchar was cleaner on 214 of them; the average daily gap was 37 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in February on average. Silchar logged 0% Severe days and 100% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Silchar 87 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Silchar has worsened by 11 AQI points (26.8%) from 2023 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Silchar reached AQI 89 at Tarapur (PCBA) on 2023-04-29; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Silchar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 47, max 47); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).