Coimbatore vs Pithampur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Coimbatore and Pithampur.
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, Coimbatore averaged an AQI of 66 while Pithampur averaged 117 — a 51-point (77%) gap, with Pithampur the more polluted and Coimbatore the cleaner of the two. On 992 days when both cities reported, Coimbatore was cleaner on 811 of them; the average daily gap was 53 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Coimbatore peaks in November, while Pithampur peaks in December. Coimbatore logged 0% Severe days and 90.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pithampur was 0% Severe and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Coimbatore 32 days, Pithampur 101 days.
Year-over-year progress
Coimbatore has improved by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2019 to 2024; Pithampur has improved by 57 AQI points (32.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Coimbatore reached AQI 279 at SIDCO Kurichi (TNPCB) on 2024-09-28; Pithampur hit AQI 310 at Sector-2 Industrial Area (MPPCB) on 2017-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Coimbatore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 1-point spread (min 63, max 64); Pithampur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 114, max 114).