Bettiah vs Pāli
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Pāli.
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 Pāli averaged 134 — a 7-point (6%) gap, with Pāli the more polluted and Bettiah the cleaner of the two. On 764 days when both cities reported, Pāli was cleaner on 486 of them; the average daily gap was 92 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bettiah peaks in November, while Pāli peaks in May. Bettiah logged 3.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pāli was 0% Severe and 40.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Pāli 38 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Pāli has improved by 47 AQI points (26%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Pāli hit AQI 453 at Indira Colony Vistar (RSPCB) on 2019-04-16.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Pāli spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).