Lucknow vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 8-point (7%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Sawāi Mādhopur the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 294 of them; the average daily gap was 77 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; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).