Gangtok vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Panchkula.
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 Panchkula averaged 117 — a 69-point (144%) gap, with Panchkula the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 172 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 168 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Panchkula peaks in December. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).