Amarāvati vs Chennai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amarāvati and Chennai.
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 Chennai averaged 68 — a 5-point (8%) gap, with Chennai the more polluted and Amarāvati the cleaner of the two. On 2030 days when both cities reported, Amarāvati was cleaner on 1648 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Amarāvati logged 0% Severe days and 78.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Chennai was 0% Severe and 57.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amarāvati 92 days, Chennai 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amarāvati has improved by 126 AQI points (66.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Chennai has improved by 25 AQI points (26.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amarāvati reached AQI 307 at Secretariat (APPCB) on 2020-12-28; Chennai hit AQI 391 at Kodungaiyur (TNPCB) on 2021-05-14.
Station-level disparity
Amarāvati spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 74, max 74); Chennai spans 9 stations with a 27-point spread (min 63, max 90).