Amritsar vs Bettiah
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Bettiah.
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 Bettiah averaged 127 — a 3-point (2%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Amritsar the cleaner of the two. On 757 days when both cities reported, Amritsar was cleaner on 500 of them; the average daily gap was 85 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Amritsar logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bettiah was 3.2% Severe and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Bettiah 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Bettiah hit AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Bettiah spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173).