Indore vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore 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, Indore averaged an AQI of 84 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 43-point (51%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 1546 days when both cities reported, Indore was cleaner on 1379 of them; the average daily gap was 99 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Indore logged 0% Severe days and 45.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).