Coimbatore vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Coimbatore 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, Coimbatore averaged an AQI of 66 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 44-point (67%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Coimbatore the cleaner of the two. On 936 days when both cities reported, Coimbatore was cleaner on 765 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Coimbatore peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Coimbatore logged 0% Severe days and 90.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Coimbatore 32 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Coimbatore has improved by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2019 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Coimbatore reached AQI 279 at SIDCO Kurichi (TNPCB) on 2024-09-28; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Coimbatore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 1-point spread (min 63, max 64); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).