Chapra vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chapra 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, Chapra averaged an AQI of 149 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 85-point (133%) gap, with Chapra the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 475 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 374 of them; the average daily gap was 97 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chapra peaks in January, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Chapra logged 2.4% Severe days and 26.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chapra 14 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chapra has improved by 181 AQI points (54.8%) from 2021 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chapra reached AQI 452 at Darshan Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-20; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Chapra spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 195, max 195); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).