Bihār Sharīf vs Gaya
Tree cover and air quality for both, measured the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius from each city centre, and the live US EPA air quality index. Same radius and same index, so the two numbers compare directly.
Bihār Sharīf has more tree cover — 24.2% against 19.9%.
Gaya has cleaner air right now — AQI 90 against 100.
- Tree cover gap
- 4.3 points
- Bihār Sharīf is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 10 AQI
- Gaya is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 13.5K
- Bihār Sharīf has more standing.
India
India
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
24.2%
19.9%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
100 · Moderate
90 · Moderate
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
75.9K
62.4K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
18.2K
31.7K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
1.7M kg
1.4M kg
Air quality in detail
What each city is breathing
Concentrations in µg/m³, measured at the same moment as the index above. Lower is better in every row. Both are modelled, with no ground station close enough to either.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
35.4 µg/m³
30.7 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
43.1 µg/m³
39.7 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
1.9 µg/m³
1 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
138 µg/m³
142 µg/m³
The last week, day by day
A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon. The week says whether it was the weather or the place.
| Day | Bihār Sharīf | Gaya |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 105 | 82 |
| 23 Sept | 45 | 40 |
| 24 Sept | 35 | 28 |
| 25 Sept | 31 | 30 |
| 26 Sept | 44 | 47 |
| 27 Sept | 96 | 104 |
| 28 Sept | 154 | 140 |
Reading these numbers
What is actually being measured
Tree cover
The share of ground under canopy inside a 2 km radius of each city centre, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It is a measurement of that circle, not of the whole municipality — which is exactly what makes the two comparable, since city boundaries are drawn to wildly different rules around the world. Bihār Sharīf leads here at 24.2%.
Air quality index
The live US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations — ground stations where a city has them nearby, and a model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so this is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place: Bihār Sharīf reads 100 (moderate) and Gaya reads 90 (moderate) right now.
Frequently asked
Bihār Sharīf and Gaya, answered
Which has more trees, Bihār Sharīf or Gaya?
Bihār Sharīf, with roughly 75,874 trees inside its 2 km radius against 62,393. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Bihār Sharīf has the denser canopy at 24.2%.
Which has better air quality, Bihār Sharīf or Gaya?
Gaya right now, at AQI 90 against 100 — a gap of 10 points. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day.
How many more trees does each city need?
Bihār Sharīf needs about 18,185 more to reach its canopy target, and Gaya about 31,667. The target is the same share of ground for both, so the figures are directly comparable.
Are these two measured the same way?
Yes — that is the point of the page. Identical radius, identical satellite source at 10 m detail, and the same US EPA index for air. Nothing here is adjusted for population, city limits or climate, so the numbers describe the same-sized circle of ground in each place.
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