Karur vs Shivamogga
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karur and Shivamogga.
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, Karur averaged an AQI of 71 while Shivamogga averaged 55 — a 16-point (29%) gap, with Karur the more polluted and Shivamogga the cleaner of the two. On 67 days when both cities reported, Shivamogga was cleaner on 52 of them; the average daily gap was 26 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karur peaks in December, while Shivamogga peaks in February. Karur logged 0% Severe days and 80.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Shivamogga was 0% Severe and 97.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karur 34 days, Shivamogga 233 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Karur reached AQI 149 at Kamadenu Nagar (TNPCB) on 2024-11-26; Shivamogga hit AQI 202 at Vinoba Nagara (KSPCB) on 2021-08-04.
Station-level disparity
Karur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 71, max 71); Shivamogga spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).