Indore vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore 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, Indore averaged an AQI of 84 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 20-point (31%) gap, with Indore the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 360 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 303 of them; the average daily gap was 55 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Indore peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Indore logged 0% Severe days and 45.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).