Pithampur vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pithampur and Salem.
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, Pithampur averaged an AQI of 117 while Salem averaged 68 — a 49-point (72%) gap, with Pithampur the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 386 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 322 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Pithampur peaks in December, while Salem peaks in April. Pithampur logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pithampur 101 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pithampur has improved by 57 AQI points (32.8%) from 2017 to 2024; Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pithampur reached AQI 310 at Sector-2 Industrial Area (MPPCB) on 2017-12-08; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Pithampur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 114, max 114); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).