Dehradun vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Dehradun 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, Dehradun averaged an AQI of 106 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 4-point (4%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Dehradun the cleaner of the two. On 747 days when both cities reported, Dehradun was cleaner on 501 of them; the average daily gap was 49 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Dehradun logged 0% Severe days and 62.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Dehradun 41 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Dehradun has worsened by 19 AQI points (21.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Dehradun reached AQI 327 at Doon University (UKPCB) on 2024-01-19; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Dehradun spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 98, max 98); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).