Gorakhpur vs Patna
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gorakhpur and Patna.
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 Patna averaged 172 — a 63-point (58%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 1208 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 1169 of them; the average daily gap was 143 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gorakhpur peaks in November, while Patna peaks in December. Gorakhpur logged 0% Severe days and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Patna was 7.5% Severe and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gorakhpur 62 days, Patna 30 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) 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; Patna hit AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Gorakhpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Patna spans 6 stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193).