Ghaziabad vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad 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, Ghaziabad averaged an AQI of 177 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 67-point (61%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 2137 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 1920 of them; the average daily gap was 145 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ghaziabad peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Ghaziabad logged 12.2% Severe days and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).