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Gorakhpur vs Kishanganj

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gorakhpur and Kishanganj.

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

Gorakhpur

Uttar Pradesh, India

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Kishanganj

Bihar, India

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CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Gorakhpur averaged an AQI of 109 while Kishanganj averaged 144 — a 35-point (32%) gap, with Kishanganj the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 903 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 650 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.

Seasonality & days

Gorakhpur peaks in November, while Kishanganj peaks in January. Gorakhpur logged 0% Severe days and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kishanganj was 0.2% Severe and 37.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gorakhpur 62 days, Kishanganj 23 days.

Year-over-year progress

Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Kishanganj has improved by 136 AQI points (48.6%) 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; Kishanganj hit AQI 417 at SDM Office Khagra (BSPCB) on 2022-02-01.

Station-level disparity

Gorakhpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Kishanganj spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 156, max 156).

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