Sonipat vs Vijayawada
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Sonipat 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, Sonipat averaged an AQI of 134 while Vijayawada averaged 64 — a 70-point (109%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Vijayawada the cleaner of the two. On 590 days when both cities reported, Vijayawada was cleaner on 483 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Sonipat peaks in November, while Vijayawada peaks in February. Sonipat logged 0.8% Severe days and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vijayawada was 0.2% Severe and 86.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Sonipat 21 days, Vijayawada 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) from 2018 to 2024; Vijayawada has improved by 21 AQI points (24.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Sonipat reached AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03; Vijayawada hit AQI 500 at Kanuru (APPCB) on 2023-04-04.
Station-level disparity
Sonipat spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162); Vijayawada spans 5 stations with a 9-point spread (min 65, max 74).