Bāgalkot vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāgalkot 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, Bāgalkot averaged an AQI of 47 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 80-point (170%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 1295 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 1283 of them; the average daily gap was 152 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāgalkot peaks in January, while Lucknow peaks in November. Bāgalkot logged 0% Severe days and 96.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).