Tālcher vs Tumkur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Tālcher and Tumkur.
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 2023, Tālcher averaged an AQI of 127 while Tumkur averaged 88 — a 39-point (44%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Tumkur the cleaner of the two. On 189 days when both cities reported, Tumkur was cleaner on 97 of them; the average daily gap was 63 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Tālcher logged 0.2% Severe days and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tumkur was 0% Severe and 54% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Tālcher 44 days, Tumkur 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) from 2018 to 2023; Tumkur has improved by 69 AQI points (43.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Tālcher reached AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27; Tumkur hit AQI 355 at Thimmalapura (KSPCB) on 2023-02-15.
Station-level disparity
Tālcher spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132); Tumkur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).