Panipat vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Panipat 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, Panipat averaged an AQI of 121 while Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 65-point (116%) gap, with Panipat the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 1496 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 1372 of them; the average daily gap was 97 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Panipat peaks in November, while Thiruvananthapuram peaks in January. Panipat logged 1.1% Severe days and 33.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Panipat 38 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Panipat has improved by 51 AQI points (29.7%) from 2019 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Panipat reached AQI 475 at Sector-18 (HSPCB) on 2019-10-30; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Panipat spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 152, max 152); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).