Ooty vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Sonipat.
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 Sonipat averaged 134 — a 76-point (131%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 440 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 411 of them; the average daily gap was 109 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Sonipat peaks in November. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).