Bhopal vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal 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, Bhopal averaged an AQI of 114 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 4-point (4%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 1421 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 821 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).