Siliguri vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Siliguri 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, Siliguri averaged an AQI of 81 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 17-point (27%) gap, with Siliguri the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 748 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 401 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in February on average. Siliguri logged 0.1% Severe days and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Siliguri 180 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) from 2018 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Siliguri reached AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Siliguri spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).