Bettiah vs Malegaon
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Malegaon.
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 Malegaon averaged 114 — a 13-point (11%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Malegaon the cleaner of the two. On 354 days when both cities reported, Malegaon was cleaner on 202 of them; the average daily gap was 54 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; Malegaon was 0% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Malegaon 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Malegaon hit AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Malegaon spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109).