Kolār vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolār 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, Kolār averaged an AQI of 65 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 10-point (18%) gap, with Kolār the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 720 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 491 of them; the average daily gap was 29 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kolār peaks in September, while Puducherry peaks in December. Kolār logged 0.9% Severe days and 85.30000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolār 17 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kolār has improved by 56 AQI points (46.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kolār reached AQI 500 at Tamaka Ind Area (KSPCB) on 2018-09-18; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Kolār spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 71, max 71); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).