Gaya vs Ulhasnagar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Ulhasnagar.
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 Ulhasnagar averaged 117 — a 7-point (6%) gap, with Ulhasnagar the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 505 days when both cities reported, Ulhasnagar was cleaner on 342 of them; the average daily gap was 57 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; Ulhasnagar was 0% Severe and 46.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Ulhasnagar 74 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Ulhasnagar has improved by 10 AQI points (7.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Ulhasnagar hit AQI 319 at Sidhi Vinayak Nagar (MPCB) on 2023-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Ulhasnagar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).