Hubli-Dharwad vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Hubli-Dharwad 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, Hubli-Dharwad averaged an AQI of 64 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 0-point (0%) gap, with Vijayawada the more polluted and Hubli-Dharwad the cleaner of the two. On 851 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 456 of them; the average daily gap was 33 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in February on average. Hubli-Dharwad logged 0% Severe days and 74.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Hubli-Dharwad 180 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Hubli-Dharwad has improved by 18 AQI points (22%) from 2018 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Hubli-Dharwad reached AQI 500 at Deshpande Nagar (KSPCB) on 2018-05-21; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Hubli-Dharwad spans 2 CPCB stations with a 6-point spread (min 73, max 79); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).