Amritsar vs Raipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Raipur.
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 Raipur averaged 74 — a 50-point (68%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Raipur the cleaner of the two. On 679 days when both cities reported, Raipur was cleaner on 472 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; Raipur was 0% Severe and 54.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Raipur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Raipur has improved by 64 AQI points (46.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Raipur hit AQI 226 at AIIMS (CECB) on 2023-12-26.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Raipur spans 4 stations with a 42-point spread (min 63, max 105).