Bikaner vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bikaner 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, Bikaner averaged an AQI of 154 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 99-point (180%) gap, with Bikaner the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 653 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 633 of them; the average daily gap was 106 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bikaner peaks in January, while Puducherry peaks in December. Bikaner logged 0.1% Severe days and 21.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bikaner 15 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bikaner has improved by 16 AQI points (9.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bikaner reached AQI 403 at MM Ground (RSPCB) on 2024-11-17; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Bikaner spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).