Amritsar vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Kalaburagi.
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 Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 75-point (153%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1333 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 989 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Amritsar peaks in November, while Kalaburagi peaks in December. Amritsar logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).