Amritsar vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Amritsar and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 5-point (4%) gap, with Amritsar the more polluted and Sawāi Mādhopur the cleaner of the two. On 555 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 291 of them; the average daily gap was 38 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; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Amritsar 40 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Amritsar has improved by 40 AQI points (24.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Amritsar reached AQI 459 at Golden Temple (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Amritsar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 119, max 119); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).