Chandrapur vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chandrapur 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 2022, Chandrapur averaged an AQI of 123 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 68-point (124%) gap, with Chandrapur the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 551 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 456 of them; the average daily gap was 67 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chandrapur peaks in March, while Puducherry peaks in December. Chandrapur logged 0.3% Severe days and 58.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chandrapur 37 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chandrapur has improved by 1 AQI points (0.8%) from 2017 to 2022; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chandrapur reached AQI 500 at MIDC Khutala (MPCB) on 2017-11-14; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Chandrapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 100, max 100); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).