Amritsar vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Motihari.
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, Amritsar averaged an AQI of 124 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 8-point (7%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Motihari the cleaner of the two. On 909 days when both cities reported, Amritsar was cleaner on 517 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Amritsar logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).