Kaithal vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal 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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 10-point (9%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Motihari the cleaner of the two. On 903 days when both cities reported, Kaithal was cleaner on 473 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).