Meerut vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut 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, Meerut averaged an AQI of 144 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 80-point (125%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 350 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 300 of them; the average daily gap was 98 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Meerut peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).