Bettiah vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah 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, Bettiah averaged an AQI of 127 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 69-point (119%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 428 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 401 of them; the average daily gap was 124 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bettiah peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Bettiah logged 3.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).