Gangtok vs Kaithal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Kaithal.
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 Kaithal averaged 126 — a 78-point (163%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 724 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 659 of them; the average daily gap was 91 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Kaithal peaks in November. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kaithal was 0.7% Severe and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Kaithal 39 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Kaithal hit AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Kaithal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136).