Motihari vs Satna
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Motihari and Satna.
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 Satna averaged 66 — a 50-point (76%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Satna the cleaner of the two. On 914 days when both cities reported, Satna was cleaner on 698 of them; the average daily gap was 91 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; Satna was 0.2% Severe and 74.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Motihari 26 days, Satna 146 days.
Year-over-year progress
Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) from 2021 to 2024; Satna has improved by 58 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Motihari reached AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17; Satna hit AQI 500 at Bandhavgar Colony Satna (Cement) on 2018-05-27.
Station-level disparity
Motihari spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153); Satna spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 85, max 85).