Puducherry vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Rāichūr.
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, Puducherry averaged an AQI of 55 while Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 51-point (93%) gap, with Rāichūr the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 959 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 796 of them; the average daily gap was 43 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).