Ambala vs Dhanbad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ambala and Dhanbad.
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 Dhanbad averaged 161 — a 67-point (71%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Ambala the cleaner of the two. On 196 days when both cities reported, Ambala was cleaner on 182 of them; the average daily gap was 85 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; Dhanbad was 0.4% Severe and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ambala 44 days, Dhanbad 2 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Ambala reached AQI 452 at Patti Mehar (HSPCB) on 2020-11-04; Dhanbad hit AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28.
Station-level disparity
Ambala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 126, max 126); Dhanbad spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168).