Bathinda vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bathinda 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, Bathinda averaged an AQI of 102 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 14-point (14%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Bathinda the cleaner of the two. On 863 days when both cities reported, Bathinda was cleaner on 544 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bathinda logged 0.1% Severe days and 53.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bathinda 54 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bathinda has improved by 3 AQI points (2.9%) from 2018 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bathinda reached AQI 405 at Hardev Nagar (PPCB) on 2018-06-16; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Bathinda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 108, max 108); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).