Kanchipuram vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanchipuram 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, Kanchipuram averaged an AQI of 51 while Palwal averaged 95 — a 44-point (86%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Kanchipuram the cleaner of the two. On 321 days when both cities reported, Kanchipuram was cleaner on 237 of them; the average daily gap was 35 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanchipuram peaks in February, while Palwal peaks in November. Kanchipuram logged 0% Severe days and 94% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanchipuram 18 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanchipuram has improved by 18 AQI points (26.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanchipuram reached AQI 320 at Kilambi (TNPCB) on 2023-05-22; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Kanchipuram spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 57, max 57); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).