Chapra vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chapra and Motihari.
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, Chapra averaged an AQI of 149 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 33-point (28%) gap, with Chapra the more polluted and Motihari the cleaner of the two. On 803 days when both cities reported, Motihari was cleaner on 613 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chapra peaks in January, while Motihari peaks in November. Chapra logged 2.4% Severe days and 26.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chapra 14 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chapra has improved by 181 AQI points (54.8%) from 2021 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chapra reached AQI 452 at Darshan Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-20; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Chapra spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 195, max 195); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).