Patna vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Patna 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, Patna averaged an AQI of 172 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 108-point (169%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 1114 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 1066 of them; the average daily gap was 156 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Patna peaks in December, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Patna logged 7.5% Severe days and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Patna 30 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Patna reached AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Patna spans 6 CPCB stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).