Puducherry vs Sirsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Sirsa.
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 Sirsa averaged 115 — a 60-point (109%) gap, with Sirsa the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 931 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 852 of them; the average daily gap was 74 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Sirsa peaks in November. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sirsa was 0.5% Severe and 41.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Sirsa 40 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Sirsa has improved by 48 AQI points (29.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Sirsa hit AQI 462 at F-Block (HSPCB) on 2019-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Sirsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).