Amarāvati vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amarāvati and Kalaburagi.
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 Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 14-point (29%) gap, with Amarāvati the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1324 days when both cities reported, Amarāvati was cleaner on 739 of them; the average daily gap was 32 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; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amarāvati 92 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amarāvati has improved by 126 AQI points (66.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amarāvati reached AQI 307 at Secretariat (APPCB) on 2020-12-28; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Amarāvati spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 74, max 74); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).