Puducherry vs Ranipet
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Ranipet.
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 Ranipet averaged 75 — a 20-point (36%) gap, with Ranipet the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 59 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 38 of them; the average daily gap was 24 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Ranipet peaks in November. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ranipet was 0% Severe and 67.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Ranipet 10 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Ranipet hit AQI 224 at VOC Nagar SIPCOT (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Ranipet spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).