Ooty vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ooty 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, Ooty averaged an AQI of 58 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 6-point (10%) gap, with Vijayawada the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 385 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 290 of them; the average daily gap was 41 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ooty peaks in May, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Ooty logged 0% Severe days and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ooty 22 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ooty is essentially flat from 2022 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ooty reached AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Ooty spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).