Ariyalur vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ariyalur 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, Ariyalur averaged an AQI of 46 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 64-point (139%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Ariyalur the cleaner of the two. On 561 days when both cities reported, Ariyalur was cleaner on 534 of them; the average daily gap was 71 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ariyalur peaks in March, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Ariyalur logged 0% Severe days and 93.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ariyalur 57 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ariyalur has improved by 35 AQI points (43.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ariyalur reached AQI 221 at Keelapalur (TNPCB) on 2024-04-07; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Ariyalur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 51, max 51); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).