Lucknow vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow and Meerut.
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 Meerut averaged 144 — a 17-point (13%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Lucknow the cleaner of the two. On 1568 days when both cities reported, Meerut was cleaner on 935 of them; the average daily gap was 51 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; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).