Gangtok vs Solapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Solapur.
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 Solapur averaged 96 — a 48-point (100%) gap, with Solapur the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 407 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 397 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in March on average. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Solapur was 0% Severe and 52.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Solapur 61 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Solapur has improved by 45 AQI points (31.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Solapur hit AQI 266 at Solapur (MPCB) on 2018-03-03.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Solapur spans 3 stations with a 10-point spread (min 88, max 98).