Ratlam vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ratlam 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, Ratlam averaged an AQI of 113 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 49-point (77%) gap, with Ratlam the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 695 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 495 of them; the average daily gap was 49 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ratlam peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Ratlam logged 0% Severe days and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ratlam 59 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) from 2018 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ratlam reached AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Ratlam spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).