Thanjavur vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Thanjavur and Thiruvananthapuram.
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, Thanjavur averaged an AQI of 42 while Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 14-point (33%) gap, with Thiruvananthapuram the more polluted and Thanjavur the cleaner of the two. On 70 days when both cities reported, Thanjavur was cleaner on 63 of them; the average daily gap was 29 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Thanjavur peaks in November, while Thiruvananthapuram peaks in January. Thanjavur logged 0% Severe days and 98.60000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Thanjavur 21 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Thanjavur reached AQI 140 at Parisutham Nagar (TNPCB) on 2024-11-01; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Thanjavur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 42, max 42); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).