Gorakhpur vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gorakhpur and Siliguri.
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 Siliguri averaged 81 — a 28-point (35%) gap, with Gorakhpur the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 786 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 475 of them; the average daily gap was 44 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gorakhpur peaks in November, while Siliguri peaks in February. Gorakhpur logged 0% Severe days and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gorakhpur 62 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) 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; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Gorakhpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).