Ooty vs Tumkur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty and Tumkur.
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 Tumkur averaged 88 — a 30-point (52%) gap, with Tumkur the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 365 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 301 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Tumkur peaks in December. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tumkur was 0% Severe and 54% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Tumkur 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Tumkur has improved by 69 AQI points (43.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Tumkur hit AQI 355 at Thimmalapura (KSPCB) on 2023-02-15.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Tumkur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).