Bettiah vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Panchkula.
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 Panchkula averaged 117 — a 10-point (9%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Panchkula the cleaner of the two. On 281 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 217 of them; the average daily gap was 103 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bettiah peaks in November, while Panchkula peaks in December. Bettiah logged 3.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).