Arrah vs Gorakhpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Arrah and Gorakhpur.
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, Arrah averaged an AQI of 123 while Gorakhpur averaged 109 — a 14-point (13%) gap, with Arrah the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 816 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 626 of them; the average daily gap was 80 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Arrah peaks in January, while Gorakhpur peaks in November. Arrah logged 0.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gorakhpur was 0% Severe and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Arrah 11 days, Gorakhpur 62 days.
Year-over-year progress
Arrah has improved by 175 AQI points (58.7%) from 2021 to 2024; Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Arrah reached AQI 420 at New DM Office (BSPCB) on 2021-12-21; Gorakhpur hit AQI 393 at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Arrah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162); Gorakhpur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99).