Rourkela vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rourkela 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, Rourkela averaged an AQI of 115 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 5-point (5%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Visakhapatnam the cleaner of the two. On 379 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 238 of them; the average daily gap was 55 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Rourkela peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Rourkela logged 0% Severe days and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rourkela 60 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) from 2022 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rourkela reached AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Rourkela spans 3 CPCB stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).