Kadapa vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kadapa 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, Kadapa averaged an AQI of 62 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 4-point (7%) gap, with Kadapa the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 351 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 192 of them; the average daily gap was 29 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kadapa peaks in February, while Ooty peaks in May. Kadapa logged 0% Severe days and 87.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kadapa 72 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kadapa has improved by 6 AQI points (8.8%) from 2023 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kadapa reached AQI 260 at Yerramukkapalli (APPCB) on 2024-12-11; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Kadapa spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 65, max 65); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).