Amarāvati vs Cuttack
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amarāvati and Cuttack.
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 Cuttack averaged 112 — a 49-point (78%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Amarāvati the cleaner of the two. On 385 days when both cities reported, Amarāvati was cleaner on 324 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Amarāvati peaks in December, while Cuttack peaks in January. Amarāvati logged 0% Severe days and 78.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Cuttack was 0% Severe and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amarāvati 92 days, Cuttack 29 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amarāvati has improved by 126 AQI points (66.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amarāvati reached AQI 307 at Secretariat (APPCB) on 2020-12-28; Cuttack hit AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Amarāvati spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 74, max 74); Cuttack spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125).