Kanchipuram vs Mangalore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanchipuram and Mangalore.
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, Kanchipuram averaged an AQI of 51 while Mangalore averaged 61 — a 10-point (20%) gap, with Mangalore the more polluted and Kanchipuram the cleaner of the two. On 321 days when both cities reported, Kanchipuram was cleaner on 242 of them; the average daily gap was 29 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in February on average. Kanchipuram logged 0% Severe days and 94% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Mangalore was 0% Severe and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanchipuram 18 days, Mangalore 64 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanchipuram has improved by 18 AQI points (26.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanchipuram reached AQI 320 at Kilambi (TNPCB) on 2023-05-22; Mangalore hit AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Kanchipuram spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 57, max 57); Mangalore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68).