Lucknow vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow and Prayagraj.
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 Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 47-point (59%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 938 days when both cities reported, Prayagraj was cleaner on 836 of them; the average daily gap was 79 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; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).