Puducherry vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Visakhapatnam.
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 Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 55-point (100%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 1287 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 1193 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).