Kochi vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi 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, Kochi averaged an AQI of 91 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 33-point (57%) gap, with Kochi the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 353 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 298 of them; the average daily gap was 53 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kochi peaks in January, while Ooty peaks in May. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) from 2020 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).