Puducherry vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Sonipat.
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 Sonipat averaged 134 — a 79-point (144%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1044 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 981 of them; the average daily gap was 109 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Sonipat peaks in November. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).