Gaya vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 17-point (15%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 1574 days when both cities reported, Tālcher was cleaner on 1020 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Tālcher peaks in December. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).