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Pāli vs Tālcher

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pāli and Tālcher.

Cleaner right now: Pāli (40-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Pāli cleaner 808/1587 daysYoY 20172024: Pāli -26% · Tālcher -33.2%

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

🏆 Cleaner

Pāli

Rajasthan, India

Satisfactory

PM2.5: 27.2 µg/m³

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Tālcher

Odisha, India

Moderate

PM2.5: 65.9 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantPāliTālcher
PM2.5(µg/m³)27.2065.90
PM10(µg/m³)80.1072.20
NO₂(µg/m³)3.9025.60
SO₂(µg/m³)2.205.80
O₃(µg/m³)60.0019.00
CO(µg/m³)134.00508.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Pāli averaged an AQI of 134 while Tālcher averaged 127 — a 7-point (6%) gap, with Pāli the more polluted and Tālcher the cleaner of the two. On 1587 days when both cities reported, Pāli was cleaner on 808 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.

Seasonality & days

Pāli peaks in May, while Tālcher peaks in December. Pāli logged 0% Severe days and 40.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pāli 38 days, Tālcher 44 days.

Year-over-year progress

Pāli has improved by 47 AQI points (26%) from 2017 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pāli reached AQI 453 at Indira Colony Vistar (RSPCB) on 2019-04-16; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.

Station-level disparity

Pāli spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).

Verdict

🏆 Pāli has better air quality with an AQI of 80 compared to Tālcher's 120.

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