Moradabad vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Moradabad 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, Moradabad averaged an AQI of 99 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 41-point (71%) gap, with Moradabad the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 315 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 292 of them; the average daily gap was 79 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Moradabad peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Moradabad logged 2.8% Severe days and 25% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Moradabad 55 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) from 2017 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Moradabad reached AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Moradabad spans 7 CPCB stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).