Jalgaon vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jalgaon 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, Jalgaon averaged an AQI of 109 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 18-point (17%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Jalgaon the cleaner of the two. On 356 days when both cities reported, Jalgaon was cleaner on 313 of them; the average daily gap was 83 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Jalgaon logged 0% Severe days and 49% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jalgaon 44 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jalgaon has improved by 2 AQI points (1.8%) from 2023 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jalgaon reached AQI 321 at Prabhat Colony (MPCB) on 2023-11-03; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Jalgaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).