Cuddalore vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore 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, Cuddalore averaged an AQI of 52 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 75-point (144%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 319 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 310 of them; the average daily gap was 125 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuddalore peaks in January, while Lucknow peaks in November. Cuddalore logged 0% Severe days and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).