Gaya vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Ghaziabad.
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, Gaya averaged an AQI of 110 while Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 67-point (61%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 2158 days when both cities reported, Gaya was cleaner on 1744 of them; the average daily gap was 103 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Ghaziabad peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).