Bhagalpur vs Gorakhpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhagalpur 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, Bhagalpur averaged an AQI of 164 while Gorakhpur averaged 109 — a 55-point (50%) gap, with Bhagalpur the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 1041 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 930 of them; the average daily gap was 102 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhagalpur peaks in January, while Gorakhpur peaks in November. Bhagalpur logged 1.9% Severe days and 19.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gorakhpur was 0% Severe and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhagalpur 20 days, Gorakhpur 62 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhagalpur has improved by 123 AQI points (42.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhagalpur reached AQI 451 at Mayaganj (BSPCB) on 2022-12-30; Gorakhpur hit AQI 393 at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Bhagalpur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 26-point spread (min 170, max 196); Gorakhpur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99).