Patiala vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Patiala and Puducherry.
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, Patiala averaged an AQI of 103 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 48-point (87%) gap, with Patiala the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1359 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 1135 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Patiala peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Patiala logged 0.1% Severe days and 54.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Patiala 86 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
Patiala has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.4%) from 2018 to 2024; Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Patiala reached AQI 415 at Model Town (PPCB) on 2019-11-03; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Patiala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 104, max 104); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).