Lucknow vs Malegaon
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow and Malegaon.
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, Lucknow averaged an AQI of 127 while Malegaon averaged 114 — a 13-point (11%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Malegaon the cleaner of the two. On 355 days when both cities reported, Malegaon was cleaner on 307 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Lucknow logged 6.6% Severe days and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Malegaon was 0% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Malegaon 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Malegaon hit AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Malegaon spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109).