Bettiah vs Cuttack
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Cuttack.
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 Cuttack averaged 112 — a 15-point (13%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 275 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 151 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bettiah peaks in November, while Cuttack peaks in January. Bettiah logged 3.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Cuttack was 0% Severe and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Cuttack 29 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Cuttack hit AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Cuttack spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125).