Cuddalore vs Sikar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore and Sikar.
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 Sikar averaged 139 — a 87-point (167%) gap, with Sikar the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 304 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 287 of them; the average daily gap was 82 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; Sikar was 0.2% Severe and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Sikar 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Sikar hit AQI 452 at Radhakishan Pura (RSPCB) on 2023-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Sikar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137).