Kota vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota 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, Kota averaged an AQI of 131 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 15-point (13%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Motihari the cleaner of the two. On 650 days when both cities reported, Motihari was cleaner on 347 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).