Puducherry vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 28-point (51%) gap, with Surat the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 584 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 482 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Surat peaks in November. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).