Bāghpat vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāghpat 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, Bāghpat averaged an AQI of 141 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 86-point (156%) gap, with Bāghpat the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 906 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 819 of them; the average daily gap was 119 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāghpat peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Bāghpat logged 3.3% Severe days and 26.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāghpat 46 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāghpat has improved by 99 AQI points (41.2%) from 2018 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāghpat reached AQI 500 at New Collectorate (UPPCB) on 2018-07-28; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Bāghpat spans 2 CPCB stations with a 66-point spread (min 148, max 214); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).