Gwalior vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gwalior 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, Gwalior averaged an AQI of 136 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 81-point (147%) gap, with Gwalior the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 985 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 922 of them; the average daily gap was 102 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gwalior peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Gwalior logged 0.4% Severe days and 31.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gwalior 47 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gwalior has improved by 12 AQI points (8.1%) from 2020 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gwalior reached AQI 450 at City Center (MPPCB) on 2021-11-09; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Gwalior spans 4 CPCB stations with a 53-point spread (min 112, max 165); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).