Baripāda vs Cuddalore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda and Cuddalore.
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, Baripāda averaged an AQI of 121 while Cuddalore averaged 52 — a 69-point (133%) gap, with Baripāda the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 290 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 252 of them; the average daily gap was 70 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Cuddalore was 0% Severe and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Cuddalore 34 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Cuddalore hit AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Cuddalore spans 2 stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57).