Ratlam vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ratlam 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, Ratlam averaged an AQI of 113 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Ratlam the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 1761 days when both cities reported, Ratlam was cleaner on 997 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ratlam peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Ratlam logged 0% Severe days and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ratlam 59 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) from 2018 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ratlam reached AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Ratlam spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).