Cuddalore vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore and Purnia.
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 Purnia averaged 133 — a 81-point (156%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 238 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 209 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Cuddalore logged 0% Severe days and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).