Ambala vs Chandrapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ambala and Chandrapur.
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 Chandrapur averaged 123 — a 29-point (31%) gap, with Chandrapur the more polluted and Ambala the cleaner of the two. On 1061 days when both cities reported, Chandrapur was cleaner on 762 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ambala peaks in November, while Chandrapur peaks in March. Ambala logged 0.2% Severe days and 46.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Chandrapur was 0.3% Severe and 58.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ambala 44 days, Chandrapur 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ambala has improved by 52 AQI points (35.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Chandrapur has improved by 1 AQI points (0.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ambala reached AQI 452 at Patti Mehar (HSPCB) on 2020-11-04; Chandrapur hit AQI 500 at MIDC Khutala (MPCB) on 2017-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Ambala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 126, max 126); Chandrapur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 100, max 100).