Surat vs Tirupati
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Surat and Tirupati.
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, Surat averaged an AQI of 83 while Tirupati averaged 75 — a 8-point (11%) gap, with Surat the more polluted and Tirupati the cleaner of the two. On 393 days when both cities reported, Tirupati was cleaner on 281 of them; the average daily gap was 80 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Surat peaks in November, while Tirupati peaks in April. Surat logged 0% Severe days and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tirupati was 0% Severe and 84% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Surat 55 days, Tirupati 36 days.
Year-over-year progress
Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) from 2022 to 2024; Tirupati has improved by 20 AQI points (21.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Surat reached AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19; Tirupati hit AQI 263 at Vaikuntapuram (APPCB) on 2022-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Surat spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123); Tirupati spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).