Ambala vs Pratapgarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ambala and Pratapgarh.
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 Pratapgarh averaged 93 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Ambala the more polluted and Pratapgarh the cleaner of the two. On 560 days when both cities reported, Ambala was cleaner on 281 of them; the average daily gap was 37 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; Pratapgarh was 0% Severe and 59.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ambala 44 days, Pratapgarh 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ambala has improved by 52 AQI points (35.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Pratapgarh has improved by 10 AQI points (9.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ambala reached AQI 452 at Patti Mehar (HSPCB) on 2020-11-04; Pratapgarh hit AQI 314 at Pragati Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-12-25.
Station-level disparity
Ambala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 126, max 126); Pratapgarh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).