Anantapur vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Rāichūr.
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 Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 37-point (54%) gap, with Rāichūr the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 459 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 377 of them; the average daily gap was 34 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; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).