Ooty vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Pune.
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 Pune averaged 97 — a 39-point (67%) gap, with Pune the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 227 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 211 of them; the average daily gap was 94 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Pune peaks in November. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).