Bettiah vs Bhiwandi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Bhiwandi.
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, Bettiah averaged an AQI of 127 while Bhiwandi averaged 108 — a 19-point (18%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Bhiwandi the cleaner of the two. On 317 days when both cities reported, Bhiwandi was cleaner on 205 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bettiah logged 3.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bhiwandi was 0% Severe and 52.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Bhiwandi 52 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Bhiwandi has worsened by 6 AQI points (5.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Bhiwandi hit AQI 270 at Gokul Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-05-14.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Bhiwandi spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 106, max 106).