Gaya vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Kota.
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 Kota averaged 131 — a 21-point (19%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 2028 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 1361 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Kota peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).