Bettiah vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah 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, Bettiah averaged an AQI of 127 while Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 50-point (39%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Bettiah the cleaner of the two. On 527 days when both cities reported, Bettiah was cleaner on 415 of them; the average daily gap was 104 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; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).