Noida vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Noida 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, Noida averaged an AQI of 182 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 124-point (214%) gap, with Noida the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 315 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 314 of them; the average daily gap was 171 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Noida peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Noida logged 8.9% Severe days and 16.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Noida 14 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Noida has improved by 79 AQI points (30.3%) from 2017 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Noida reached AQI 500 at Sector-1 (UPPCB) on 2019-11-01; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Noida spans 4 CPCB stations with a 15-point spread (min 195, max 210); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).