Lucknow vs Perundurai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow and Perundurai.
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 Perundurai averaged 75 — a 52-point (69%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Perundurai the cleaner of the two. On 57 days when both cities reported, Perundurai was cleaner on 57 of them; the average daily gap was 213 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; Perundurai was 0% Severe and 80.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Perundurai 13 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Perundurai hit AQI 153 at SIPCOT Industrial Park (TNPCB) on 2024-11-12.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Perundurai spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).