Gorakhpur vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gorakhpur and Panchkula.
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 Panchkula averaged 117 — a 8-point (7%) gap, with Panchkula the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 493 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 325 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gorakhpur peaks in November, while Panchkula peaks in December. Gorakhpur logged 0% Severe days and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gorakhpur 62 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) 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; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Gorakhpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).