Katni vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Katni and Visakhapatnam.
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, Katni averaged an AQI of 105 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 5-point (5%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Katni the cleaner of the two. On 1704 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 1049 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Katni peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Katni logged 0% Severe days and 39.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Katni 62 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Katni has improved by 93 AQI points (47%) from 2019 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Katni reached AQI 350 at Gole Bazar (MPPCB) on 2019-11-01; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Katni spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).