Meerut vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut 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, Meerut averaged an AQI of 144 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 28-point (24%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Motihari the cleaner of the two. On 661 days when both cities reported, Motihari was cleaner on 466 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).