Gaya vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Ludhiana.
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 Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 7-point (6%) gap, with Ludhiana the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 1369 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 903 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Ludhiana peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).