Bāghpat vs Katihar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāghpat and Katihar.
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 Katihar averaged 123 — a 18-point (15%) gap, with Bāghpat the more polluted and Katihar the cleaner of the two. On 546 days when both cities reported, Bāghpat was cleaner on 287 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāghpat peaks in November, while Katihar peaks in December. Bāghpat logged 3.3% Severe days and 26.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Katihar was 3.1% Severe and 26.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāghpat 46 days, Katihar 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāghpat has improved by 99 AQI points (41.2%) from 2018 to 2024; Katihar has improved by 188 AQI points (60.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāghpat reached AQI 500 at New Collectorate (UPPCB) on 2018-07-28; Katihar hit AQI 465 at Mirchaibari (BSPCB) on 2023-01-23.
Station-level disparity
Bāghpat spans 2 CPCB stations with a 66-point spread (min 148, max 214); Katihar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 185, max 185).