Kalaburagi vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi 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, Kalaburagi averaged an AQI of 49 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 15-point (31%) gap, with Vijayawada the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 541 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 338 of them; the average daily gap was 36 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).