Gaya vs Ratlam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Ratlam.
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 Ratlam averaged 113 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Ratlam the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 1873 days when both cities reported, Ratlam was cleaner on 1387 of them; the average daily gap was 76 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Ratlam peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ratlam was 0% Severe and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Ratlam 59 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Ratlam hit AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Ratlam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103).