Motihari vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Motihari and Palwal.
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, Motihari averaged an AQI of 116 while Palwal averaged 95 — a 21-point (22%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 879 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 586 of them; the average daily gap was 76 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Motihari logged 1.2% Severe days and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Motihari 26 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) from 2021 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Motihari reached AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Motihari spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).