Lucknow vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow 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, Lucknow averaged an AQI of 127 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 11-point (9%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Motihari the cleaner of the two. On 662 days when both cities reported, Motihari was cleaner on 518 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Lucknow logged 6.6% Severe days and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).