Amritsar vs Pimpri-Chinchwad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
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 Pimpri-Chinchwad averaged 114 — a 10-point (9%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Pimpri-Chinchwad the cleaner of the two. On 346 days when both cities reported, Pimpri-Chinchwad was cleaner on 173 of them; the average daily gap was 66 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; Pimpri-Chinchwad was 0% Severe and 42% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Pimpri-Chinchwad 82 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Pimpri-Chinchwad hit AQI 341 at Thergaon Pimpri (MPCB) on 2024-11-23.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Pimpri-Chinchwad spans 4 stations with a 20-point spread (min 107, max 127).