Patna vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Patna 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, Patna averaged an AQI of 172 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 62-point (56%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 2519 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 2163 of them; the average daily gap was 122 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Patna peaks in December, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Patna logged 7.5% Severe days and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Patna 30 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Patna reached AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Patna spans 6 CPCB stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).