Ooty vs Pithampur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Pithampur.
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 Pithampur averaged 117 — a 59-point (102%) gap, with Pithampur the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 591 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 536 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Pithampur peaks in December. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pithampur was 0% Severe and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Pithampur 101 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Pithampur has improved by 57 AQI points (32.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Pithampur hit AQI 310 at Sector-2 Industrial Area (MPPCB) on 2017-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Pithampur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 114, max 114).