Pāli vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pāli 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, Pāli averaged an AQI of 134 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 79-point (144%) gap, with Pāli the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1306 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 1215 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Pāli peaks in May, while Puducherry peaks in December. Pāli logged 0% Severe days and 40.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pāli 38 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pāli has improved by 47 AQI points (26%) from 2017 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pāli reached AQI 453 at Indira Colony Vistar (RSPCB) on 2019-04-16; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Pāli spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).