Jaisalmer vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jaisalmer 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, Jaisalmer averaged an AQI of 125 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 70-point (127%) gap, with Jaisalmer the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 567 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 536 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Jaisalmer peaks in January, while Puducherry peaks in December. Jaisalmer logged 0% Severe days and 37.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jaisalmer 18 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jaisalmer has improved by 6 AQI points (4.6%) from 2023 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jaisalmer reached AQI 374 at Sadar Bazar (RSPCB) on 2024-12-22; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Jaisalmer spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).