Dhanbad vs Gorakhpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Dhanbad 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, Dhanbad averaged an AQI of 161 while Gorakhpur averaged 109 — a 52-point (48%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 210 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 172 of them; the average daily gap was 70 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Dhanbad logged 0.4% Severe days and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gorakhpur was 0% Severe and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Dhanbad 2 days, Gorakhpur 62 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Dhanbad reached AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28; Gorakhpur hit AQI 393 at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Dhanbad spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168); Gorakhpur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99).