Anantapur vs Kochi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Kochi.
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 Kochi averaged 91 — a 22-point (32%) gap, with Kochi the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 383 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 331 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Kochi peaks in January. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kochi was 0% Severe and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Kochi 80 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Kochi hit AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Kochi spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88).