Bettiah vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Rourkela.
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 Rourkela averaged 115 — a 12-point (10%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 257 days when both cities reported, Bettiah was cleaner on 134 of them; the average daily gap was 67 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; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).