Gaya vs Korba
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Korba.
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 Korba averaged 67 — a 43-point (64%) gap, with Gaya the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 709 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 642 of them; the average daily gap was 88 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Korba was 0% Severe and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Korba 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Korba hit AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Korba spans 2 stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75).