Gaya vs Thane
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Thane.
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 Thane averaged 95 — a 15-point (16%) gap, with Gaya the more polluted and Thane the cleaner of the two. On 357 days when both cities reported, Thane was cleaner on 270 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; Thane was 0% Severe and 53.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Thane 99 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Thane hit AQI 302 at Kasarvadavali (MPCB) on 2024-03-21.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Thane spans 2 stations with a 9-point spread (min 90, max 99).