Lucknow vs Panipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow and Panipat.
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 Panipat averaged 121 — a 6-point (5%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Panipat the cleaner of the two. On 1527 days when both cities reported, Panipat was cleaner on 1136 of them; the average daily gap was 71 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; Panipat was 1.1% Severe and 33.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Panipat 38 days.
Year-over-year progress
Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Panipat has improved by 51 AQI points (29.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Panipat hit AQI 475 at Sector-18 (HSPCB) on 2019-10-30.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Panipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 152, max 152).