Virudhunagar vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Virudhunagar 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, Virudhunagar averaged an AQI of 52 while Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 58-point (112%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Virudhunagar the cleaner of the two. On 185 days when both cities reported, Virudhunagar was cleaner on 175 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Virudhunagar peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Virudhunagar logged 0% Severe days and 92.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Virudhunagar 31 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Virudhunagar reached AQI 173 at Collectorate Office (TNPCB) on 2024-11-07; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Virudhunagar 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).