Begusarai vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Begusarai and Ghaziabad.
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, Begusarai averaged an AQI of 128 while Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 49-point (38%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Begusarai the cleaner of the two. On 130 days when both cities reported, Begusarai was cleaner on 107 of them; the average daily gap was 122 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Begusarai peaks in January, while Ghaziabad peaks in November. Begusarai logged 8.7% Severe days and 20.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Begusarai 14 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Begusarai has improved by 137 AQI points (51.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Begusarai reached AQI 469 at Lohiyanagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-14; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Begusarai spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 213, max 213); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).