Latur vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Latur 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, Latur averaged an AQI of 83 while Lucknow averaged 127 — a 44-point (53%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Latur the cleaner of the two. On 351 days when both cities reported, Latur was cleaner on 341 of them; the average daily gap was 102 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Latur logged 0% Severe days and 73.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Latur 120 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Latur has worsened by 7 AQI points (9.2%) from 2023 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Latur reached AQI 241 at Sawe Wadi (MPCB) on 2024-01-04; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Latur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 81, max 81); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).