Ooty vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Rāichūr.
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 Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 48-point (83%) gap, with Rāichūr the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 397 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 337 of them; the average daily gap was 45 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).