Kaithal vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal 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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 62-point (97%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 689 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 542 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).