Palwal vs Tumkur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Palwal and Tumkur.
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 Tumkur averaged 88 — a 7-point (8%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Tumkur the cleaner of the two. On 489 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 276 of them; the average daily gap was 43 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Palwal peaks in November, while Tumkur peaks in December. Palwal logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tumkur was 0% Severe and 54% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Palwal 37 days, Tumkur 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Tumkur has improved by 69 AQI points (43.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Palwal reached AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14; Tumkur hit AQI 355 at Thimmalapura (KSPCB) on 2023-02-15.
Station-level disparity
Palwal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120); Tumkur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).