Malegaon vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon and Ooty.
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, Malegaon averaged an AQI of 114 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 56-point (97%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 329 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 289 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Malegaon peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Malegaon logged 0% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).