Anantapur vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Pune.
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 Pune averaged 97 — a 28-point (41%) gap, with Pune the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 292 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 262 of them; the average daily gap was 82 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Pune peaks in November. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).