Cuttack vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Puducherry.
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, Cuttack averaged an AQI of 112 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 57-point (104%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 394 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 318 of them; the average daily gap was 76 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Puducherry peaks in December. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).