Amritsar vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar 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, Amritsar averaged an AQI of 124 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 66-point (114%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 566 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 523 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Amritsar peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Amritsar logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).