Pune vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pune and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 30-point (31%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 1163 days when both cities reported, Pune was cleaner on 654 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Pune peaks in November, while Tālcher peaks in December. Pune logged 0.1% Severe days and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pune 92 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pune reached AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Pune spans 12 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).