Gangtok vs Moradabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Moradabad.
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 Moradabad averaged 99 — a 51-point (106%) gap, with Moradabad the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 457 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 449 of them; the average daily gap was 98 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Moradabad peaks in November. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Moradabad was 2.8% Severe and 25% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Moradabad 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Moradabad hit AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Moradabad spans 7 stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210).