Mangalore vs Silchar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mangalore and Silchar.
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 Silchar averaged 52 — a 9-point (17%) gap, with Mangalore the more polluted and Silchar the cleaner of the two. On 637 days when both cities reported, Silchar was cleaner on 491 of them; the average daily gap was 30 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in February on average. Mangalore logged 0% Severe days and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Silchar was 0% Severe and 100% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mangalore 64 days, Silchar 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Silchar has worsened by 11 AQI points (26.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mangalore reached AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17; Silchar hit AQI 89 at Tarapur (PCBA) on 2023-04-29.
Station-level disparity
Mangalore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Silchar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 47, max 47).