Pune vs Ranipet
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pune and Ranipet.
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 Ranipet averaged 75 — a 22-point (29%) gap, with Pune the more polluted and Ranipet the cleaner of the two. On 62 days when both cities reported, Ranipet was cleaner on 61 of them; the average daily gap was 122 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Pune logged 0.1% Severe days and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ranipet was 0% Severe and 67.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pune 92 days, Ranipet 10 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Pune reached AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29; Ranipet hit AQI 224 at VOC Nagar SIPCOT (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Pune spans 12 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122); Ranipet spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).