Lucknow vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow 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, Lucknow averaged an AQI of 127 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 69-point (119%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 315 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 307 of them; the average daily gap was 137 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Lucknow peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Lucknow logged 6.6% Severe days and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).