Amritsar vs Dhanbad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Dhanbad.
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 Dhanbad averaged 161 — a 37-point (30%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Amritsar the cleaner of the two. On 210 days when both cities reported, Amritsar was cleaner on 160 of them; the average daily gap was 68 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; Dhanbad was 0.4% Severe and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Dhanbad 2 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Dhanbad hit AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Dhanbad spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168).