Gwalior vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gwalior 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, Gwalior averaged an AQI of 136 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 9-point (7%) gap, with Gwalior the more polluted and Lucknow the cleaner of the two. On 1397 days when both cities reported, Gwalior was cleaner on 1089 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Gwalior logged 0.4% Severe days and 31.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gwalior 47 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gwalior has improved by 12 AQI points (8.1%) from 2020 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gwalior reached AQI 450 at City Center (MPPCB) on 2021-11-09; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Gwalior spans 4 CPCB stations with a 53-point spread (min 112, max 165); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).