Muzaffarpur vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Muzaffarpur 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, Muzaffarpur averaged an AQI of 151 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 96-point (175%) gap, with Muzaffarpur the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1361 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 1284 of them; the average daily gap was 139 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Muzaffarpur peaks in January, while Puducherry peaks in December. Muzaffarpur logged 4.5% Severe days and 30.900000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Muzaffarpur 26 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Muzaffarpur has improved by 62 AQI points (29.1%) from 2016 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Muzaffarpur reached AQI 482 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Muzaffarpur spans 3 CPCB stations with a 14-point spread (min 171, max 185); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).