Gaya vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Kalaburagi.
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 Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 61-point (124%) gap, with Gaya the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1369 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 1207 of them; the average daily gap was 95 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Kalaburagi peaks in December. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).