Rourkela vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rourkela 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, Rourkela averaged an AQI of 115 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 51-point (80%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 324 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 265 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Rourkela peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Rourkela logged 0% Severe days and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rourkela 60 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) from 2022 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rourkela reached AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Rourkela spans 3 CPCB stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).