Puducherry vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Rourkela.
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 Rourkela averaged 115 — a 60-point (109%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 377 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 350 of them; the average daily gap was 89 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Rourkela peaks in November. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).