Arrah vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Arrah 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, Arrah averaged an AQI of 123 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 13-point (12%) gap, with Arrah the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 811 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 541 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Arrah logged 0.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Arrah 11 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Arrah has improved by 175 AQI points (58.7%) from 2021 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Arrah reached AQI 420 at New DM Office (BSPCB) on 2021-12-21; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Arrah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).