Ambala vs Amritsar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ambala and Amritsar.
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, Ambala averaged an AQI of 94 while Amritsar averaged 124 — a 30-point (32%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Ambala the cleaner of the two. On 1880 days when both cities reported, Amritsar was cleaner on 1051 of them; the average daily gap was 45 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ambala logged 0.2% Severe days and 46.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Amritsar was 0.2% Severe and 47.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ambala 44 days, Amritsar 40 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ambala has improved by 52 AQI points (35.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ambala reached AQI 452 at Patti Mehar (HSPCB) on 2020-11-04; Amritsar hit AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Ambala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 126, max 126); Amritsar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119).