Amritsar vs Bhiwāni
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Bhiwāni.
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 Bhiwāni averaged 134 — a 10-point (8%) gap, with Bhiwāni the more polluted and Amritsar the cleaner of the two. On 1867 days when both cities reported, Amritsar was cleaner on 1245 of them; the average daily gap was 51 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; Bhiwāni was 0.6% Severe and 36.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Bhiwāni 33 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Bhiwāni has improved by 15 AQI points (10.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Bhiwāni hit AQI 471 at HB Colony (HSPCB) on 2019-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Bhiwāni spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 144, max 144).