Aurangabad vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad 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, Aurangabad averaged an AQI of 99 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 17-point (17%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Aurangabad the cleaner of the two. On 620 days when both cities reported, Motihari was cleaner on 333 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Motihari peaks in November. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).