Lucknow vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow and Siliguri.
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 Siliguri averaged 81 — a 46-point (57%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 1910 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 1783 of them; the average daily gap was 121 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Lucknow peaks in November, while Siliguri peaks in February. Lucknow logged 6.6% Severe days and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).