Cuddalore vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 75-point (144%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two.
Seasonality & days
Cuddalore peaks in January, while Tālcher peaks in December. Cuddalore logged 0% Severe days and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).