Raipur vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Raipur 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, Raipur averaged an AQI of 74 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 10-point (16%) gap, with Raipur the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 572 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 384 of them; the average daily gap was 39 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Raipur peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Raipur logged 0% Severe days and 54.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Raipur 70 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Raipur has improved by 64 AQI points (46.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Raipur reached AQI 226 at AIIMS (CECB) on 2023-12-26; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Raipur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 42-point spread (min 63, max 105); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).