Akola vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola 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 2024, Akola averaged an AQI of 87 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 40-point (46%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Akola the cleaner of the two. On 365 days when both cities reported, Akola was cleaner on 348 of them; the average daily gap was 98 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Akola logged 0% Severe days and 59.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).