Hyderabad vs Vellore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Hyderabad and Vellore.
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, Hyderabad averaged an AQI of 78 while Vellore averaged 61 — a 17-point (28%) gap, with Hyderabad the more polluted and Vellore the cleaner of the two. On 234 days when both cities reported, Vellore was cleaner on 229 of them; the average daily gap was 67 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Hyderabad logged 0.2% Severe days and 41.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vellore was 0% Severe and 83.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Hyderabad 71 days, Vellore 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Hyderabad has improved by 24 AQI points (23.5%) from 2016 to 2024; Vellore has improved by 10 AQI points (14.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Hyderabad reached AQI 500 at Sanathnagar (TSPCB) on 2024-04-28; Vellore hit AQI 245 at Vasanthapuram (TNPCB) on 2024-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Hyderabad spans 14 CPCB stations with a 35-point spread (min 62, max 97); Vellore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 70, max 70).