Pune vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pune and Rāichūr.
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, Pune averaged an AQI of 97 while Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 9-point (9%) gap, with Rāichūr the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 683 days when both cities reported, Rāichūr was cleaner on 530 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Pune peaks in November, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Pune logged 0.1% Severe days and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pune 92 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pune reached AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Pune spans 12 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).