Gaya vs Gorakhpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Gorakhpur.
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 Gorakhpur averaged 109 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Gaya the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 1199 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 999 of them; the average daily gap was 91 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Gorakhpur peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gorakhpur was 0% Severe and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Gorakhpur 62 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Gorakhpur hit AQI 393 at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Gorakhpur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99).