Gadag vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gadag 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, Gadag averaged an AQI of 53 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 57-point (108%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Gadag the cleaner of the two. On 993 days when both cities reported, Gadag was cleaner on 930 of them; the average daily gap was 67 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gadag peaks in March, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Gadag logged 0.3% Severe days and 96.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gadag 50 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gadag has worsened by 10 AQI points (23.3%) from 2021 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gadag reached AQI 500 at Panchal Nagar (KSPCB) on 2022-12-10; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Gadag spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 54, max 54); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).