Panchkula vs Tumkur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Panchkula 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 2022, Panchkula averaged an AQI of 117 while Tumkur averaged 88 — a 29-point (33%) gap, with Panchkula the more polluted and Tumkur the cleaner of the two. On 18 days when both cities reported, Tumkur was cleaner on 11 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Panchkula logged 0.1% Severe days and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tumkur was 0% Severe and 54% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Panchkula 60 days, Tumkur 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) from 2017 to 2022; Tumkur has improved by 69 AQI points (43.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Panchkula reached AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15; Tumkur hit AQI 355 at Thimmalapura (KSPCB) on 2023-02-15.
Station-level disparity
Panchkula spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102); Tumkur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).