Thanjavur vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Thanjavur 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, Thanjavur averaged an AQI of 42 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 68-point (162%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Thanjavur the cleaner of the two. On 65 days when both cities reported, Thanjavur was cleaner on 61 of them; the average daily gap was 79 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Thanjavur peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Thanjavur logged 0% Severe days and 98.60000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Thanjavur 21 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Thanjavur reached AQI 140 at Parisutham Nagar (TNPCB) on 2024-11-01; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Thanjavur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 42, max 42); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).