Gaya vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 9-point (8%) gap, with Sawāi Mādhopur the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 596 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 411 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Sawāi Mādhopur peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).