Cuddalore vs Thane
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore and Thane.
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 Thane averaged 95 — a 43-point (83%) gap, with Thane the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 314 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 265 of them; the average daily gap was 56 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; Thane was 0% Severe and 53.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Thane 99 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Thane hit AQI 302 at Kasarvadavali (MPCB) on 2024-03-21.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Thane spans 2 stations with a 9-point spread (min 90, max 99).