Anantapur vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 14-point (20%) gap, with Surat the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 496 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 350 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Surat peaks in November. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).