Rāichūr vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rāichūr 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, Rāichūr averaged an AQI of 106 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 42-point (66%) gap, with Rāichūr the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 388 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 293 of them; the average daily gap was 37 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in February on average. Rāichūr logged 0% Severe days and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rāichūr 23 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) from 2020 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rāichūr reached AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Rāichūr spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).