Davanagere vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Davanagere and Purnia.
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, Davanagere averaged an AQI of 57 while Purnia averaged 133 — a 76-point (133%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Davanagere the cleaner of the two. On 717 days when both cities reported, Davanagere was cleaner on 688 of them; the average daily gap was 116 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Davanagere peaks in March, while Purnia peaks in January. Davanagere logged 0% Severe days and 89.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Davanagere 35 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Davanagere has worsened by 5 AQI points (9.6%) from 2021 to 2024; Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Davanagere reached AQI 233 at Devaraj Urs Badavane (KSPCB) on 2023-11-15; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Davanagere spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 57, max 57); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).