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Anantapur vs Dhanbad

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Dhanbad.

Cleaner right now: Anantapur (191-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Anantapur cleaner 170/173 days

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

🏆 Cleaner

Anantapur

Andhra Pradesh, India

Good

PM2.5: 5.3 µg/m³

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Dhanbad

Jharkhand, India

Moderate

PM2.5: 89.9 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantAnantapurDhanbad
PM2.5(µg/m³)5.3089.90
PM10(µg/m³)7.0096.90
NO₂(µg/m³)5.5054.10
SO₂(µg/m³)1.20171.70
O₃(µg/m³)43.0060.00
CO(µg/m³)152.00495.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Anantapur averaged an AQI of 69 while Dhanbad averaged 161 — a 92-point (133%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 173 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 170 of them; the average daily gap was 101 AQI points.

Seasonality & days

Anantapur peaks in February, while Dhanbad peaks in November. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Dhanbad was 0.4% Severe and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Dhanbad 2 days.

Year-over-year progress

The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Dhanbad hit AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28.

Station-level disparity

Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Dhanbad spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168).

Verdict

🏆 Anantapur has better air quality with an AQI of 9 compared to Dhanbad's 200. That's a significant difference of 191 points.

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