Amritsar vs Malegaon
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Malegaon.
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 Malegaon averaged 114 — a 10-point (9%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Malegaon the cleaner of the two. On 488 days when both cities reported, Malegaon was cleaner on 296 of them; the average daily gap was 42 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; Malegaon was 0% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Malegaon 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Malegaon hit AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Malegaon spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109).