Anantapur vs Vellore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Vellore.
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, Anantapur averaged an AQI of 69 while Vellore averaged 61 — a 8-point (13%) gap, with Anantapur the more polluted and Vellore the cleaner of the two. On 248 days when both cities reported, Vellore was cleaner on 127 of them; the average daily gap was 27 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Vellore peaks in December. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vellore was 0% Severe and 83.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Vellore 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Vellore has improved by 10 AQI points (14.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Vellore hit AQI 245 at Vasanthapuram (TNPCB) on 2024-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Vellore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 70, max 70).