Madurai vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Madurai 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, Madurai averaged an AQI of 48 while Palwal averaged 95 — a 47-point (98%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Madurai the cleaner of the two. On 63 days when both cities reported, Madurai was cleaner on 57 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Madurai peaks in December, while Palwal peaks in November. Madurai logged 0% Severe days and 98.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Madurai 17 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Madurai reached AQI 105 at Uchapatti (TNPCB) on 2024-11-26; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Madurai spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 48, max 48); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).