Ambala vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ambala and Ooty.
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, Ambala averaged an AQI of 94 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 36-point (62%) gap, with Ambala the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 544 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 462 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ambala peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Ambala logged 0.2% Severe days and 46.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ambala 44 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ambala has improved by 52 AQI points (35.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ambala reached AQI 452 at Patti Mehar (HSPCB) on 2020-11-04; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Ambala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 126, max 126); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).