Bareilly vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly 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, Bareilly averaged an AQI of 61 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 55-point (90%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 459 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 342 of them; the average daily gap was 67 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).