Amarāvati vs Bhubaneswar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amarāvati and Bhubaneswar.
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, Amarāvati averaged an AQI of 63 while Bhubaneswar averaged 115 — a 52-point (83%) gap, with Bhubaneswar the more polluted and Amarāvati the cleaner of the two. On 341 days when both cities reported, Amarāvati was cleaner on 304 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Amarāvati peaks in December, while Bhubaneswar peaks in January. Amarāvati logged 0% Severe days and 78.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bhubaneswar was 0% Severe and 48.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amarāvati 92 days, Bhubaneswar 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Amarāvati reached AQI 307 at Secretariat (APPCB) on 2020-12-28; Bhubaneswar hit AQI 341 at Lingraj Mandir (OSPCB) on 2024-01-09.
Station-level disparity
Amarāvati spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 74, max 74); Bhubaneswar spans 2 stations with a 2-point spread (min 114, max 116).