Mangalore vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mangalore and Thiruvananthapuram.
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 Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 5-point (9%) gap, with Mangalore the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 888 days when both cities reported, Mangalore was cleaner on 456 of them; the average daily gap was 20 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Mangalore peaks in February, while Thiruvananthapuram peaks in January. Mangalore logged 0% Severe days and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mangalore 64 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mangalore reached AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Mangalore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).