Madurai vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Madurai 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, Madurai averaged an AQI of 48 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 16-point (33%) gap, with Vijayawada the more polluted and Madurai the cleaner of the two. On 74 days when both cities reported, Madurai was cleaner on 58 of them; the average daily gap was 33 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Madurai peaks in December, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Madurai logged 0% Severe days and 98.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Madurai 17 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Madurai reached AQI 105 at Uchapatti (TNPCB) on 2024-11-26; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Madurai spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 48, max 48); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).