Cuddalore vs Tirupati
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore and Tirupati.
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 Tirupati averaged 75 — a 23-point (44%) gap, with Tirupati the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 193 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 117 of them; the average daily gap was 43 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuddalore peaks in January, while Tirupati peaks in April. Cuddalore logged 0% Severe days and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tirupati was 0% Severe and 84% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Tirupati 36 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Tirupati hit AQI 263 at Vaikuntapuram (APPCB) on 2022-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Tirupati spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).