Bettiah vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Palwal.
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 Palwal averaged 95 — a 32-point (34%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 737 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 564 of them; the average daily gap was 98 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; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).