Amritsar vs Hisar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Hisar.
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 Hisar averaged 136 — a 12-point (10%) gap, with Hisar the more polluted and Amritsar the cleaner of the two. On 1565 days when both cities reported, Amritsar was cleaner on 1212 of them; the average daily gap was 70 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; Hisar was 1.6% Severe and 29.700000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Hisar 34 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Hisar has improved by 39 AQI points (22.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Hisar hit AQI 490 at Urban Estate-II (HSPCB) on 2019-11-02.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Hisar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 168, max 168).