Anantapur vs Kozhikode
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Kozhikode.
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 Kozhikode averaged 78 — a 9-point (13%) gap, with Kozhikode the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 139 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 76 of them; the average daily gap was 27 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Kozhikode peaks in January. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kozhikode was 0.1% Severe and 99% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Kozhikode 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Kozhikode has worsened by 29 AQI points (59.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Kozhikode hit AQI 417 at Palayam Kozhikode (PCB) on 2021-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Kozhikode spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).