Mangalore vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mangalore 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, Mangalore averaged an AQI of 61 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 49-point (80%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Mangalore the cleaner of the two. On 1155 days when both cities reported, Mangalore was cleaner on 988 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Mangalore peaks in February, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Mangalore logged 0% Severe days and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mangalore 64 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mangalore reached AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Mangalore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).