Ajmer vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ajmer and Lucknow.
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 2022, Ajmer averaged an AQI of 112 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 15-point (13%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Ajmer the cleaner of the two. On 1781 days when both cities reported, Ajmer was cleaner on 1627 of them; the average daily gap was 135 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ajmer logged 0% Severe days and 54.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ajmer 94 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ajmer has improved by 22 AQI points (16.4%) from 2017 to 2022; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ajmer reached AQI 357 at Civil Lines (RSPCB) on 2021-03-31; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Ajmer spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).