Gaya vs Gwalior
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Gwalior.
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 Gwalior averaged 136 — a 26-point (24%) gap, with Gwalior the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 1367 days when both cities reported, Gaya was cleaner on 701 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Gwalior peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gwalior was 0.4% Severe and 31.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Gwalior 47 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Gwalior has improved by 12 AQI points (8.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Gwalior hit AQI 450 at City Center (MPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Gwalior spans 4 stations with a 53-point spread (min 112, max 165).