Palwal vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Palwal and Thiruvananthapuram.
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, Palwal averaged an AQI of 95 while Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 39-point (70%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 1578 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 1335 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Palwal peaks in November, while Thiruvananthapuram peaks in January. Palwal logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Palwal 37 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Palwal reached AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Palwal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).