Bāghpat vs Begusarai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāghpat and Begusarai.
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, Bāghpat averaged an AQI of 141 while Begusarai averaged 128 — a 13-point (10%) gap, with Bāghpat the more polluted and Begusarai the cleaner of the two. On 127 days when both cities reported, Begusarai was cleaner on 74 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāghpat peaks in November, while Begusarai peaks in January. Bāghpat logged 3.3% Severe days and 26.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Begusarai was 8.7% Severe and 20.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāghpat 46 days, Begusarai 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāghpat has improved by 99 AQI points (41.2%) from 2018 to 2024; Begusarai has improved by 137 AQI points (51.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāghpat reached AQI 500 at New Collectorate (UPPCB) on 2018-07-28; Begusarai hit AQI 469 at Lohiyanagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Bāghpat spans 2 CPCB stations with a 66-point spread (min 148, max 214); Begusarai spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 213, max 213).