Gaya vs Kaithal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Kaithal.
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 Kaithal averaged 126 — a 16-point (15%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 1967 days when both cities reported, Kaithal was cleaner on 1186 of them; the average daily gap was 71 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Kaithal peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kaithal was 0.7% Severe and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Kaithal 39 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Kaithal hit AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Kaithal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136).