Anantapur vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Purnia.
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 Purnia averaged 133 — a 64-point (93%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 561 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 489 of them; the average daily gap was 114 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Purnia peaks in January. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).