Gaya vs Tonk
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Tonk.
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 Tonk averaged 142 — a 32-point (29%) gap, with Tonk the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 587 days when both cities reported, Tonk was cleaner on 322 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Tonk peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tonk was 0% Severe and 28.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Tonk 11 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Tonk has improved by 14 AQI points (9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Tonk hit AQI 368 at Shastri Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Tonk spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 148, max 148).