Puducherry vs Sirohi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Sirohi.
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 Sirohi averaged 89 — a 34-point (62%) gap, with Sirohi the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 558 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 448 of them; the average daily gap was 41 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sirohi was 0% Severe and 69.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Sirohi 41 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Sirohi has improved by 4 AQI points (4.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Sirohi hit AQI 335 at Vedhaynath Colony (RSPCB) on 2024-12-26.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Sirohi spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 90, max 90).