Bhagalpur vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhagalpur 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, Bhagalpur averaged an AQI of 164 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 109-point (198%) gap, with Bhagalpur the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1049 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 1004 of them; the average daily gap was 141 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhagalpur peaks in January, while Puducherry peaks in December. Bhagalpur logged 1.9% Severe days and 19.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhagalpur 20 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhagalpur has improved by 123 AQI points (42.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhagalpur reached AQI 451 at Mayaganj (BSPCB) on 2022-12-30; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Bhagalpur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 26-point spread (min 170, max 196); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).