Amritsar vs Bāgalkot
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Bāgalkot.
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 Bāgalkot averaged 47 — a 77-point (164%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 1534 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 1439 of them; the average daily gap was 70 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Amritsar peaks in November, while Bāgalkot peaks in January. Amritsar logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bāgalkot was 0% Severe and 96.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Bāgalkot 109 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Bāgalkot hit AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Bāgalkot spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50).