Dhule vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Dhule 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, Dhule averaged an AQI of 103 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 7-point (7%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Dhule the cleaner of the two. On 479 days when both cities reported, Dhule was cleaner on 287 of them; the average daily gap was 45 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Dhule peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Dhule logged 0% Severe days and 47.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Dhule 35 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Dhule has improved by 5 AQI points (4.6%) from 2023 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Dhule reached AQI 276 at Deopur (MPCB) on 2023-11-07; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Dhule spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 105, max 105); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).