Anantapur vs Chandigarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Chandigarh.
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, Anantapur averaged an AQI of 69 while Chandigarh averaged 153 — a 84-point (122%) gap, with Chandigarh the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 701 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 655 of them; the average daily gap was 111 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Chandigarh peaks in January. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Chandigarh was 0.3% Severe and 39.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Chandigarh 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Chandigarh has worsened by 27 AQI points (21.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Chandigarh hit AQI 452 at Sector-53 (CPCC) on 2022-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Chandigarh spans 3 stations with a 43-point spread (min 107, max 150).