Ooty vs Ranipet
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Ranipet.
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 Ranipet averaged 75 — a 17-point (29%) gap, with Ranipet the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 40 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 25 of them; the average daily gap was 25 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Ranipet peaks in November. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ranipet was 0% Severe and 67.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Ranipet 10 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Ranipet hit AQI 224 at VOC Nagar SIPCOT (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Ranipet spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).