Gorakhpur vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
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 Varanasi averaged 56 — a 53-point (95%) gap, with Gorakhpur the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 867 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 490 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gorakhpur peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Gorakhpur logged 0% Severe days and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gorakhpur 62 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) 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; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Gorakhpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).