Bareilly vs Gangtok
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Gangtok.
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, Bareilly averaged an AQI of 61 while Gangtok averaged 48 — a 13-point (27%) gap, with Bareilly the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 427 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 354 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Gangtok peaks in March. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gangtok was 0% Severe and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Gangtok 94 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Gangtok hit AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Gangtok spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50).