Tirupati vs Tumkur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Tirupati 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 2024, Tirupati averaged an AQI of 75 while Tumkur averaged 88 — a 13-point (17%) gap, with Tumkur the more polluted and Tirupati the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Tirupati was cleaner on 228 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Tirupati peaks in April, while Tumkur peaks in December. Tirupati logged 0% Severe days and 84% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tumkur was 0% Severe and 54% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Tirupati 36 days, Tumkur 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Tirupati has improved by 20 AQI points (21.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Tumkur has improved by 69 AQI points (43.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Tirupati reached AQI 263 at Vaikuntapuram (APPCB) on 2022-11-16; Tumkur hit AQI 355 at Thimmalapura (KSPCB) on 2023-02-15.
Station-level disparity
Tirupati spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75); Tumkur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).