Madurai vs Tumkur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Madurai and Tumkur.
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 Tumkur averaged 88 — a 40-point (83%) gap, with Tumkur the more polluted and Madurai the cleaner of the two. On 45 days when both cities reported, Madurai was cleaner on 45 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Madurai logged 0% Severe days and 98.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tumkur was 0% Severe and 54% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Madurai 17 days, Tumkur 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Madurai reached AQI 105 at Uchapatti (TNPCB) on 2024-11-26; Tumkur hit AQI 355 at Thimmalapura (KSPCB) on 2023-02-15.
Station-level disparity
Madurai spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 48, max 48); Tumkur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).