Amritsar vs Anantapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Anantapur.
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, Amritsar averaged an AQI of 124 while Anantapur averaged 69 — a 55-point (80%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 649 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 580 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Amritsar peaks in November, while Anantapur peaks in February. Amritsar logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Anantapur was 0% Severe and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Anantapur 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Anantapur hit AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Anantapur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68).