Amritsar vs Perundurai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Perundurai.
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 Perundurai averaged 75 — a 49-point (65%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Perundurai the cleaner of the two. On 55 days when both cities reported, Perundurai was cleaner on 53 of them; the average daily gap was 113 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; Perundurai was 0% Severe and 80.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Perundurai 13 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Perundurai hit AQI 153 at SIPCOT Industrial Park (TNPCB) on 2024-11-12.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Perundurai spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).