Kalaburagi vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi 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, Kalaburagi averaged an AQI of 49 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 78-point (159%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1430 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 1394 of them; the average daily gap was 142 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Lucknow peaks in November. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).