Bhopal vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal 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, Bhopal averaged an AQI of 114 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 59-point (107%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1009 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 910 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).