Ooty vs Patiala
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Patiala.
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 Patiala averaged 103 — a 45-point (78%) gap, with Patiala the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 604 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 496 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Patiala peaks in November. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Patiala was 0.1% Severe and 54.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Patiala 86 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Patiala has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Patiala hit AQI 415 at Model Town (PPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Patiala spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 104, max 104).