Patna vs Tirupati
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Patna and Tirupati.
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 Tirupati averaged 75 — a 97-point (129%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Tirupati the cleaner of the two. On 499 days when both cities reported, Tirupati was cleaner on 480 of them; the average daily gap was 201 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Patna peaks in December, while Tirupati peaks in April. Patna logged 7.5% Severe days and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tirupati was 0% Severe and 84% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Patna 30 days, Tirupati 36 days.
Year-over-year progress
Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Tirupati has improved by 20 AQI points (21.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Patna reached AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01; Tirupati hit AQI 263 at Vaikuntapuram (APPCB) on 2022-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Patna spans 6 CPCB stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193); Tirupati spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).