Darbhanga vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Darbhanga 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 2023, Darbhanga averaged an AQI of 365 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 310-point (564%) gap, with Darbhanga the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 382 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 361 of them; the average daily gap was 156 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Darbhanga logged 7.1% Severe days and 26.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Darbhanga 20 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Darbhanga has worsened by 116 AQI points (46.6%) from 2021 to 2023; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Darbhanga reached AQI 473 at Town Hall Lal Bagh (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Darbhanga spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 208, max 208); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).