Chittoor vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chittoor 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, Chittoor averaged an AQI of 76 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 21-point (38%) gap, with Chittoor the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 547 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 355 of them; the average daily gap was 26 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chittoor peaks in October, while Puducherry peaks in December. Chittoor logged 0% Severe days and 84.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chittoor 37 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chittoor has worsened by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2022 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chittoor reached AQI 348 at Gangineni Cheruvu (APPCB) on 2023-11-13; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Chittoor spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 72, max 72); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).