Amritsar vs Nārnaul
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Nārnaul.
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 Nārnaul averaged 94 — a 30-point (32%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Nārnaul the cleaner of the two. On 1770 days when both cities reported, Amritsar was cleaner on 974 of them; the average daily gap was 51 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; Nārnaul was 0.1% Severe and 40.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Nārnaul 63 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Nārnaul has improved by 37 AQI points (28.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Nārnaul hit AQI 435 at Shastri Nagar (HSPCB) on 2023-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Nārnaul spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 130, max 130).