Ooty vs Saharsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Saharsa.
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 Saharsa averaged 139 — a 81-point (140%) gap, with Saharsa the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 499 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 441 of them; the average daily gap was 128 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Saharsa peaks in January. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Saharsa was 1.4% Severe and 28.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Saharsa 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Saharsa has improved by 139 AQI points (50%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Saharsa hit AQI 454 at Police Line (BSPCB) on 2022-12-13.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Saharsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 188, max 188).