Pimpri-Chinchwad vs Puducherry
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pimpri-Chinchwad 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, Pimpri-Chinchwad averaged an AQI of 114 while Puducherry averaged 55 — a 59-point (107%) gap, with Pimpri-Chinchwad the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 349 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 282 of them; the average daily gap was 87 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Pimpri-Chinchwad peaks in November, while Puducherry peaks in December. Pimpri-Chinchwad logged 0% Severe days and 42% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Puducherry was 0% Severe and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pimpri-Chinchwad 82 days, Puducherry 117 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Pimpri-Chinchwad reached AQI 341 at Thergaon Pimpri (MPCB) on 2024-11-23; Puducherry hit AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Pimpri-Chinchwad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 20-point spread (min 107, max 127); Puducherry spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).