Ooty vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Rourkela.
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 Rourkela averaged 115 — a 57-point (98%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 234 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 217 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Rourkela peaks in November. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).