Mangalore vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mangalore and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 66-point (108%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Mangalore the cleaner of the two. On 766 days when both cities reported, Mangalore was cleaner on 567 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Mangalore peaks in February, while Tālcher peaks in December. Mangalore logged 0% Severe days and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mangalore 64 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mangalore reached AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Mangalore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).