Bettiah vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Motihari.
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 Motihari averaged 116 — a 11-point (9%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Motihari the cleaner of the two. On 692 days when both cities reported, Motihari was cleaner on 431 of them; the average daily gap was 56 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; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).