Kadapa vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kadapa and Palwal.
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, Kadapa averaged an AQI of 62 while Palwal averaged 95 — a 33-point (53%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Kadapa the cleaner of the two. On 459 days when both cities reported, Kadapa was cleaner on 337 of them; the average daily gap was 45 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kadapa peaks in February, while Palwal peaks in November. Kadapa logged 0% Severe days and 87.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kadapa 72 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kadapa has improved by 6 AQI points (8.8%) from 2023 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kadapa reached AQI 260 at Yerramukkapalli (APPCB) on 2024-12-11; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Kadapa spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 65, max 65); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).