Bettiah vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Sonipat.
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 Sonipat averaged 134 — a 7-point (6%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Bettiah the cleaner of the two. On 588 days when both cities reported, Sonipat was cleaner on 329 of them; the average daily gap was 88 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; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).