Motihari vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Motihari and Siliguri.
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 Siliguri averaged 81 — a 35-point (43%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 599 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 504 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Motihari peaks in November, while Siliguri peaks in February. Motihari logged 1.2% Severe days and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Motihari 26 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) from 2021 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Motihari reached AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Motihari spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).