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Lucknow vs Thanjavur

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Lucknow and Thanjavur.

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

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh, India

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Thanjavur

Tamil Nadu, India

Good

PM2.5: 11.3 µg/m³

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CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Lucknow averaged an AQI of 127 while Thanjavur averaged 42 — a 85-point (202%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Thanjavur the cleaner of the two. On 70 days when both cities reported, Thanjavur was cleaner on 70 of them; the average daily gap was 225 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; Thanjavur was 0% Severe and 98.60000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Lucknow 45 days, Thanjavur 21 days.

Year-over-year progress

The worst recorded day for Lucknow reached AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09; Thanjavur hit AQI 140 at Parisutham Nagar (TNPCB) on 2024-11-01.

Station-level disparity

Lucknow spans 7 CPCB stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216); Thanjavur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 42, max 42).

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