Bhopal vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal 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, Bhopal averaged an AQI of 114 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 56-point (97%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 314 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 299 of them; the average daily gap was 87 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).