Cuttack vs Gorakhpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack 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, Cuttack averaged an AQI of 112 while Gorakhpur averaged 109 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 393 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 208 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Gorakhpur peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gorakhpur was 0% Severe and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Gorakhpur 62 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Gorakhpur hit AQI 393 at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Gorakhpur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99).