Baripāda vs Begusarai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda 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, Baripāda averaged an AQI of 121 while Begusarai averaged 128 — a 7-point (6%) gap, with Begusarai the more polluted and Baripāda the cleaner of the two. On 323 days when both cities reported, Baripāda was cleaner on 270 of them; the average daily gap was 107 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Begusarai was 8.7% Severe and 20.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Begusarai 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Baripāda has improved by 87 AQI points (41.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Begusarai has improved by 137 AQI points (51.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Begusarai hit AQI 469 at Lohiyanagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Begusarai spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 213, max 213).