Bhubaneswar vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhubaneswar 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, Bhubaneswar averaged an AQI of 115 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 5-point (5%) gap, with Bhubaneswar the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 343 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 177 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Bhubaneswar logged 0% Severe days and 48.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhubaneswar 27 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Bhubaneswar reached AQI 341 at Lingraj Mandir (OSPCB) on 2024-01-09; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Bhubaneswar spans 2 CPCB stations with a 2-point spread (min 114, max 116); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).