Kota vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota 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, Kota averaged an AQI of 131 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 4-point (3%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Lucknow the cleaner of the two. On 2178 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 1905 of them; the average daily gap was 109 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).