Meerut vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut 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, Meerut averaged an AQI of 144 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 89-point (162%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1022 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 975 of them; the average daily gap was 142 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Meerut peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).