Angul vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Angul and Puducherry.
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, Angul averaged an AQI of 149 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 94-point (171%) gap, with Angul the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 386 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 361 of them; the average daily gap was 109 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Angul peaks in January, while Puducherry peaks in December. Angul logged 0% Severe days and 32.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Angul 23 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Angul has improved by 89 AQI points (37.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Angul reached AQI 370 at Hakimapada (OSPCB) on 2024-01-29; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Angul spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 163, max 163); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).