Kalyān vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalyān 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, Kalyān averaged an AQI of 95 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 37-point (64%) gap, with Kalyān the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 293 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 257 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalyān peaks in January, while Ooty peaks in May. Kalyān logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalyān 78 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalyān has improved by 4 AQI points (4%) from 2019 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalyān reached AQI 414 at Khadakpada (MPCB) on 2022-01-24; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Kalyān spans 2 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 98, max 116); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).