Gorakhpur vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gorakhpur and Purnia.
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 Purnia averaged 133 — a 24-point (22%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 842 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 675 of them; the average daily gap was 88 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gorakhpur peaks in November, while Purnia peaks in January. Gorakhpur logged 0% Severe days and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gorakhpur 62 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) 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; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Gorakhpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).