Gangtok vs Hyderabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Hyderabad.
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 Hyderabad averaged 78 — a 30-point (63%) gap, with Hyderabad the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 457 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 451 of them; the average daily gap was 89 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Hyderabad peaks in December. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Hyderabad was 0.2% Severe and 41.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Hyderabad 71 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Hyderabad has improved by 24 AQI points (23.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Hyderabad hit AQI 500 at Sanathnagar (TSPCB) on 2024-04-28.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Hyderabad spans 14 stations with a 35-point spread (min 62, max 97).