Cuddalore vs Pratapgarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore and Pratapgarh.
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 Pratapgarh averaged 93 — a 41-point (79%) gap, with Pratapgarh the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 306 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 258 of them; the average daily gap was 43 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuddalore peaks in January, while Pratapgarh peaks in November. Cuddalore logged 0% Severe days and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pratapgarh was 0% Severe and 59.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Pratapgarh 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Pratapgarh hit AQI 314 at Pragati Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-12-25.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Pratapgarh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).