Moradabad vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Moradabad 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, Moradabad averaged an AQI of 99 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 44-point (80%) gap, with Moradabad the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 962 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 894 of them; the average daily gap was 106 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Moradabad peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Moradabad logged 2.8% Severe days and 25% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Moradabad 55 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) from 2017 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Moradabad reached AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Moradabad spans 7 CPCB stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).