Patna vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Patna and Pune.
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, Patna averaged an AQI of 172 while Pune averaged 97 — a 75-point (77%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 1911 days when both cities reported, Pune was cleaner on 1672 of them; the average daily gap was 109 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Patna peaks in December, while Pune peaks in November. Patna logged 7.5% Severe days and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Patna 30 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Patna reached AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Patna spans 6 CPCB stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).