Hyderabad vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Hyderabad 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, Hyderabad averaged an AQI of 78 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 23-point (42%) gap, with Hyderabad the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1023 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 998 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Hyderabad logged 0.2% Severe days and 41.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Hyderabad 71 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Hyderabad has improved by 24 AQI points (23.5%) from 2016 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Hyderabad reached AQI 500 at Sanathnagar (TSPCB) on 2024-04-28; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Hyderabad spans 14 CPCB stations with a 35-point spread (min 62, max 97); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).