Anantapur vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Thiruvananthapuram.
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 Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 13-point (23%) gap, with Anantapur the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 391 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 199 of them; the average daily gap was 21 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Thiruvananthapuram peaks in January. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).