Amarāvati vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amarāvati and Purnia.
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 Purnia averaged 133 — a 70-point (111%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Amarāvati the cleaner of the two. On 832 days when both cities reported, Amarāvati was cleaner on 785 of them; the average daily gap was 106 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Amarāvati peaks in December, while Purnia peaks in January. Amarāvati logged 0% Severe days and 78.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amarāvati 92 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amarāvati has improved by 126 AQI points (66.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amarāvati reached AQI 307 at Secretariat (APPCB) on 2020-12-28; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Amarāvati spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 74, max 74); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).