Bettiah vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah 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, Bettiah averaged an AQI of 127 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 17-point (15%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 754 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 501 of them; the average daily gap was 84 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bettiah peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Bettiah logged 3.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).