Kaithal vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal 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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 68-point (117%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 567 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 503 of them; the average daily gap was 89 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).