Puducherry vs Sikar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Sikar.
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 Sikar averaged 139 — a 84-point (153%) gap, with Sikar the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 615 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 565 of them; the average daily gap was 84 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Sikar peaks in January. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sikar was 0.2% Severe and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Sikar 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Sikar has worsened by 4 AQI points (3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Sikar hit AQI 452 at Radhakishan Pura (RSPCB) on 2023-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Sikar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137).