Prayagraj vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Prayagraj 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, Prayagraj averaged an AQI of 80 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 30-point (38%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 899 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 468 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Prayagraj peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Prayagraj logged 0.2% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Prayagraj 69 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) from 2021 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Prayagraj reached AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Prayagraj spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).