Mangalore vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mangalore 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, Mangalore averaged an AQI of 61 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 3-point (5%) gap, with Mangalore the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 566 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 382 of them; the average daily gap was 27 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Mangalore peaks in February, while Ooty peaks in May. Mangalore logged 0% Severe days and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mangalore 64 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mangalore reached AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Mangalore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).