Mangalore vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mangalore 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, Mangalore averaged an AQI of 61 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 6-point (11%) gap, with Mangalore the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1170 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 779 of them; the average daily gap was 24 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Mangalore peaks in February, while Puducherry peaks in December. Mangalore logged 0% Severe days and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mangalore 64 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mangalore reached AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Mangalore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).