Gangtok vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok 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, Gangtok averaged an AQI of 48 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 7-point (15%) gap, with Puducherry the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 756 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 446 of them; the average daily gap was 26 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Puducherry peaks in December. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).