Bathinda vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bathinda 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, Bathinda averaged an AQI of 102 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 47-point (85%) gap, with Bathinda the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1182 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 996 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bathinda peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Bathinda logged 0.1% Severe days and 53.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bathinda 54 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bathinda has improved by 3 AQI points (2.9%) from 2018 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bathinda reached AQI 405 at Hardev Nagar (PPCB) on 2018-06-16; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Bathinda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 108, max 108); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).