Bareilly vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly 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, Bareilly averaged an AQI of 61 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 66-point (108%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 566 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 526 of them; the average daily gap was 99 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).