Jīnd vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jīnd 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, Jīnd averaged an AQI of 126 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 71-point (129%) gap, with Jīnd the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1245 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 1154 of them; the average daily gap was 98 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Jīnd peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Jīnd logged 2.1% Severe days and 36.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jīnd 23 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jīnd has improved by 39 AQI points (23.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jīnd reached AQI 491 at Police Lines (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Jīnd spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 158, max 158); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).