Perundurai vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Perundurai and Varanasi.
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, Perundurai averaged an AQI of 75 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 19-point (34%) gap, with Perundurai the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 57 days when both cities reported, Perundurai was cleaner on 41 of them; the average daily gap was 41 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Perundurai peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Perundurai logged 0% Severe days and 80.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Perundurai 13 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Perundurai reached AQI 153 at SIPCOT Industrial Park (TNPCB) on 2024-11-12; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Perundurai spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).