Anantapur vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Visakhapatnam.
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 Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 41-point (59%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 650 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 587 of them; the average daily gap was 58 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).