Amritsar vs Dhule
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Dhule.
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 Dhule averaged 103 — a 21-point (20%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Dhule the cleaner of the two. On 492 days when both cities reported, Dhule was cleaner on 308 of them; the average daily gap was 43 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; Dhule was 0% Severe and 47.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Dhule 35 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Dhule has improved by 5 AQI points (4.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Dhule hit AQI 276 at Deopur (MPCB) on 2023-11-07.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Dhule spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 105, max 105).