Moradabad vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Moradabad 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, Moradabad averaged an AQI of 99 while Motihari averaged 116 — a 17-point (17%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Moradabad the cleaner of the two. On 657 days when both cities reported, Motihari was cleaner on 365 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Moradabad logged 2.8% Severe days and 25% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Moradabad 55 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) from 2017 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Moradabad reached AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Moradabad spans 7 CPCB stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).