Kalaburagi vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi 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, Kalaburagi averaged an AQI of 49 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 6-point (12%) gap, with Puducherry the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 809 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 477 of them; the average daily gap was 32 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).