Jhansi vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jhansi 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, Jhansi averaged an AQI of 75 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 41-point (55%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Jhansi the cleaner of the two. On 792 days when both cities reported, Jhansi was cleaner on 571 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Jhansi logged 0% Severe days and 57.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jhansi 45 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jhansi has improved by 52 AQI points (40.9%) from 2022 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jhansi reached AQI 277 at Shivaji Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-05; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Jhansi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 98, max 98); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).