Mahād vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mahād 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, Mahād averaged an AQI of 90 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 35-point (64%) gap, with Mahād the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 495 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 335 of them; the average daily gap was 44 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Mahād peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Mahād logged 0% Severe days and 63.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mahād 49 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mahād has worsened by 6 AQI points (7.1%) from 2023 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mahād reached AQI 242 at Kamble Tarf Birwadi (MPCB) on 2023-11-19; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Mahād spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).