Kishanganj vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kishanganj 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, Kishanganj averaged an AQI of 144 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 86-point (148%) gap, with Kishanganj the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 518 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 428 of them; the average daily gap was 95 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kishanganj peaks in January, while Ooty peaks in May. Kishanganj logged 0.2% Severe days and 37.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kishanganj 23 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kishanganj has improved by 136 AQI points (48.6%) from 2021 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kishanganj reached AQI 417 at SDM Office Khagra (BSPCB) on 2022-02-01; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Kishanganj spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 156, max 156); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).