Amarāvati vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amarāvati and Salem.
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 Salem averaged 68 — a 5-point (8%) gap, with Salem the more polluted and Amarāvati the cleaner of the two. On 361 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 183 of them; the average daily gap was 35 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Amarāvati peaks in December, while Salem peaks in April. Amarāvati logged 0% Severe days and 78.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amarāvati 92 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amarāvati has improved by 126 AQI points (66.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amarāvati reached AQI 307 at Secretariat (APPCB) on 2020-12-28; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Amarāvati spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 74, max 74); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).