Anantapur vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Puducherry.
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 Puducherry averaged 55 — a 14-point (25%) gap, with Anantapur the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 670 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 434 of them; the average daily gap was 23 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Puducherry peaks in December. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).