Amritsar vs Pratapgarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Pratapgarh.
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 Pratapgarh averaged 93 — a 31-point (33%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Pratapgarh the cleaner of the two. On 585 days when both cities reported, Pratapgarh was cleaner on 390 of them; the average daily gap was 46 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; Pratapgarh was 0% Severe and 59.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Pratapgarh 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Pratapgarh has improved by 10 AQI points (9.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Pratapgarh hit AQI 314 at Pragati Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-12-25.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Pratapgarh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).