Ooty vs Solapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Solapur.
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 Solapur averaged 96 — a 38-point (66%) gap, with Solapur the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 289 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 275 of them; the average daily gap was 55 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Solapur peaks in March. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Solapur was 0% Severe and 52.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Solapur 61 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Solapur has improved by 45 AQI points (31.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Solapur hit AQI 266 at Solapur (MPCB) on 2018-03-03.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Solapur spans 3 stations with a 10-point spread (min 88, max 98).