Baripāda vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda 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, Baripāda averaged an AQI of 121 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 66-point (120%) gap, with Baripāda the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 679 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 585 of them; the average daily gap was 74 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Baripāda peaks in January, while Puducherry peaks in December. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Baripāda has improved by 87 AQI points (41.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).