Gaya vs Muzaffarpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Muzaffarpur.
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 Muzaffarpur averaged 151 — a 41-point (37%) gap, with Muzaffarpur the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 2611 days when both cities reported, Gaya was cleaner on 1701 of them; the average daily gap was 69 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; Muzaffarpur was 4.5% Severe and 30.900000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Muzaffarpur 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Muzaffarpur has improved by 62 AQI points (29.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Muzaffarpur hit AQI 482 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Muzaffarpur spans 3 stations with a 14-point spread (min 171, max 185).