Gangtok vs Nayāgarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Nayāgarh.
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 Nayāgarh averaged 98 — a 50-point (104%) gap, with Nayāgarh the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 551 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 467 of them; the average daily gap was 71 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Nayāgarh peaks in April. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Nayāgarh was 0% Severe and 47.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Nayāgarh 52 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Nayāgarh has improved by 48 AQI points (32.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Nayāgarh hit AQI 336 at Dabuna (OSPCB) on 2023-03-13.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Nayāgarh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).