Kochi vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi 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, Kochi averaged an AQI of 91 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 25-point (27%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 614 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 459 of them; the average daily gap was 84 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kochi peaks in January, while Motihari peaks in November. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) from 2020 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).