Ooty vs Pāli
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Pāli.
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, Ooty averaged an AQI of 58 while Pāli averaged 134 — a 76-point (131%) gap, with Pāli the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 562 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 524 of them; the average daily gap was 62 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in May on average. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pāli was 0% Severe and 40.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Pāli 38 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Pāli has improved by 47 AQI points (26%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Pāli hit AQI 453 at Indira Colony Vistar (RSPCB) on 2019-04-16.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Pāli spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).