Bettiah vs Jīnd
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Jīnd.
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 Jīnd averaged 126 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Jīnd the cleaner of the two. On 721 days when both cities reported, Jīnd was cleaner on 416 of them; the average daily gap was 80 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; Jīnd was 2.1% Severe and 36.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Jīnd 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Jīnd has improved by 39 AQI points (23.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Jīnd hit AQI 491 at Police Lines (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Jīnd spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 158, max 158).