Gangtok vs Kolhapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Kolhapur.
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 Kolhapur averaged 100 — a 52-point (108%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 275 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 269 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Kolhapur peaks in November. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kolhapur was 0% Severe and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Kolhapur 81 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Kolhapur hit AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Kolhapur spans 2 stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109).