Cuddalore vs Gangtok
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore and Gangtok.
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, Cuddalore averaged an AQI of 52 while Gangtok averaged 48 — a 4-point (8%) gap, with Cuddalore the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 244 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 142 of them; the average daily gap was 27 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuddalore peaks in January, while Gangtok peaks in March. Cuddalore logged 0% Severe days and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gangtok was 0% Severe and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Gangtok 94 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Gangtok hit AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Gangtok spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50).