Kota vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota 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, Kota averaged an AQI of 131 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 67-point (105%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 854 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 789 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).