Gorakhpur vs Kaithal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gorakhpur and Kaithal.
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, Gorakhpur averaged an AQI of 109 while Kaithal averaged 126 — a 17-point (16%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 1117 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 802 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Gorakhpur logged 0% Severe days and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kaithal was 0.7% Severe and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gorakhpur 62 days, Kaithal 39 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gorakhpur reached AQI 393 at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09; Kaithal hit AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Gorakhpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Kaithal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136).