Anantapur vs Madikeri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Madikeri.
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 Madikeri averaged 35 — a 34-point (97%) gap, with Anantapur the more polluted and Madikeri the cleaner of the two. On 662 days when both cities reported, Madikeri was cleaner on 632 of them; the average daily gap was 32 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in February on average. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Madikeri was 0% Severe and 98.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Madikeri 126 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Madikeri has improved by 26 AQI points (42.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Madikeri hit AQI 163 at Stuart Hill (KSPCB) on 2020-12-27.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Madikeri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 42, max 42).