Gaya vs Munger
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Munger.
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 Munger averaged 130 — a 20-point (18%) gap, with Munger the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 944 days when both cities reported, Munger was cleaner on 518 of them; the average daily gap was 61 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; Munger was 1.5% Severe and 22.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Munger 12 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Munger has improved by 135 AQI points (50.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Munger hit AQI 445 at Town Hall (BSPCB) on 2022-01-06.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Munger spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 180, max 180).