Pithampur vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pithampur 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, Pithampur averaged an AQI of 117 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 53-point (83%) gap, with Pithampur the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 1105 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 917 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Pithampur peaks in December, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Pithampur logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pithampur 101 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pithampur has improved by 57 AQI points (32.8%) from 2017 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pithampur reached AQI 310 at Sector-2 Industrial Area (MPPCB) on 2017-12-08; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Pithampur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 114, max 114); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).