Amritsar vs Gorakhpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Gorakhpur.
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 Gorakhpur averaged 109 — a 15-point (14%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Gorakhpur the cleaner of the two. On 1133 days when both cities reported, Gorakhpur was cleaner on 803 of them; the average daily gap was 48 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; Gorakhpur was 0% Severe and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Gorakhpur 62 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Gorakhpur hit AQI 393 at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Gorakhpur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99).