Lucknow vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow and Rāichūr.
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 Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 21-point (20%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Rāichūr the cleaner of the two. On 783 days when both cities reported, Rāichūr was cleaner on 699 of them; the average daily gap was 112 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Lucknow peaks in November, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Lucknow logged 6.6% Severe days and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).