Gangtok vs Hanumāngarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Hanumāngarh.
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, Gangtok averaged an AQI of 48 while Hanumāngarh averaged 178 — a 130-point (271%) gap, with Hanumāngarh the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 510 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 496 of them; the average daily gap was 133 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Hanumāngarh peaks in January. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Hanumāngarh was 2.8% Severe and 20% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Hanumāngarh 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Hanumāngarh has improved by 13 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Hanumāngarh hit AQI 447 at Housing Board (RSPCB) on 2023-11-25.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Hanumāngarh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 184, max 184).