Davanagere vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Davanagere 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, Davanagere averaged an AQI of 57 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 7-point (12%) gap, with Vijayawada the more polluted and Davanagere the cleaner of the two. On 472 days when both cities reported, Davanagere was cleaner on 361 of them; the average daily gap was 35 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Davanagere peaks in March, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Davanagere logged 0% Severe days and 89.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Davanagere 35 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Davanagere has worsened by 5 AQI points (9.6%) from 2021 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Davanagere reached AQI 233 at Devaraj Urs Badavane (KSPCB) on 2023-11-15; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Davanagere spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 57, max 57); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).