Anantapur vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Salem.
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 Salem averaged 68 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Anantapur the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 317 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 193 of them; the average daily gap was 24 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Salem peaks in April. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).