Kolhapur vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolhapur 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, Kolhapur averaged an AQI of 100 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 36-point (56%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 324 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 217 of them; the average daily gap was 49 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kolhapur peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Kolhapur logged 0% Severe days and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolhapur 81 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kolhapur reached AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Kolhapur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).