Gangtok vs Ranipet
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Ranipet.
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 Ranipet averaged 75 — a 27-point (56%) gap, with Ranipet the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 33 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 19 of them; the average daily gap was 35 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Ranipet peaks in November. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ranipet was 0% Severe and 67.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Ranipet 10 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Ranipet hit AQI 224 at VOC Nagar SIPCOT (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Ranipet spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).