Anantapur vs Sikar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Sikar.
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 Sikar averaged 139 — a 70-point (101%) gap, with Sikar the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 504 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 438 of them; the average daily gap was 81 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Sikar peaks in January. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sikar was 0.2% Severe and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Sikar 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Sikar has worsened by 4 AQI points (3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Sikar hit AQI 452 at Radhakishan Pura (RSPCB) on 2023-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Sikar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137).