Firozabad vs Gorakhpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Firozabad 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, Firozabad averaged an AQI of 73 while Gorakhpur averaged 109 — a 36-point (49%) gap, with Gorakhpur the more polluted and Firozabad the cleaner of the two. On 819 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 441 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Firozabad peaks in January, while Gorakhpur peaks in November. Firozabad logged 0.6% Severe days and 56.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gorakhpur was 0% Severe and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Firozabad 68 days, Gorakhpur 62 days.
Year-over-year progress
Firozabad has improved by 70 AQI points (49%) from 2021 to 2024; Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Firozabad reached AQI 489 at Nagla Bhau (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09; Gorakhpur hit AQI 393 at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Firozabad spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 88, max 107); Gorakhpur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99).