Puducherry vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry 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, Puducherry averaged an AQI of 55 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 9-point (16%) gap, with Vijayawada the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 550 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 436 of them; the average daily gap was 34 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).