Tiruchirappalli vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Tiruchirappalli 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, Tiruchirappalli averaged an AQI of 50 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 60-point (120%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Tiruchirappalli the cleaner of the two. On 84 days when both cities reported, Tiruchirappalli was cleaner on 81 of them; the average daily gap was 85 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Tiruchirappalli logged 0% Severe days and 96.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Tiruchirappalli 46 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Tiruchirappalli has improved by 23 AQI points (31.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Tiruchirappalli reached AQI 114 at St Joseph College (TNPCB) on 2024-01-14; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Tiruchirappalli spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 52, max 52); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).