Bettiah vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah and Vijayawada.
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, Bettiah averaged an AQI of 127 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 63-point (98%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 338 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bettiah peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Bettiah logged 3.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).