Gaya vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya and Visakhapatnam.
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 Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 0-point (0%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Gaya the cleaner of the two. On 2470 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 1720 of them; the average daily gap was 81 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; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).