Amravati vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amravati and Varanasi.
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, Amravati averaged an AQI of 84 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 28-point (50%) gap, with Amravati the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 359 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 220 of them; the average daily gap was 39 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Amravati logged 0% Severe days and 67.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amravati 95 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Amravati reached AQI 196 at Shivneri Colony (MPCB) on 2024-05-03; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Amravati spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 84, max 84); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).