Malegaon vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon 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, Malegaon averaged an AQI of 114 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 50-point (78%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 459 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 369 of them; the average daily gap was 45 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Malegaon peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Malegaon logged 0% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).