Bettiah vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Lucknow.
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 Lucknow averaged 127 — a 0-point (0%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Bettiah the cleaner of the two. On 527 days when both cities reported, Bettiah was cleaner on 353 of them; the average daily gap was 77 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; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).