Varanasi vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Varanasi 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, Varanasi averaged an AQI of 56 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 54-point (96%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 2213 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 1414 of them; the average daily gap was 85 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Varanasi logged 2.8% Severe days and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Varanasi 87 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) from 2016 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Varanasi reached AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Varanasi spans 4 CPCB stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).