Pithampur vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pithampur and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 10-point (9%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Pithampur the cleaner of the two. On 1622 days when both cities reported, Pithampur was cleaner on 898 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Pithampur logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pithampur 101 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pithampur has improved by 57 AQI points (32.8%) from 2017 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pithampur reached AQI 310 at Sector-2 Industrial Area (MPPCB) on 2017-12-08; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Pithampur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 114, max 114); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).