Motihari vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Motihari and Thiruvananthapuram.
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 Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 60-point (107%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 660 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 527 of them; the average daily gap was 95 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Motihari peaks in November, while Thiruvananthapuram peaks in January. Motihari logged 1.2% Severe days and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Motihari 26 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) from 2021 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Motihari reached AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Motihari spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).