Ambala vs Aurangabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ambala and Aurangabad.
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 Aurangabad averaged 99 — a 5-point (5%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Ambala the cleaner of the two. On 1405 days when both cities reported, Aurangabad was cleaner on 877 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ambala peaks in November, while Aurangabad peaks in January. Ambala logged 0.2% Severe days and 46.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Aurangabad was 0.1% Severe and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ambala 44 days, Aurangabad 46 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ambala has improved by 52 AQI points (35.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ambala reached AQI 452 at Patti Mehar (HSPCB) on 2020-11-04; Aurangabad hit AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16.
Station-level disparity
Ambala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 126, max 126); Aurangabad spans 4 stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178).