Angul vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Angul and Rishīkesh.
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, Angul averaged an AQI of 149 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 75-point (101%) gap, with Angul the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 379 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 335 of them; the average daily gap was 101 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Angul logged 0% Severe days and 32.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Angul 23 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Angul has improved by 89 AQI points (37.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Angul reached AQI 370 at Hakimapada (OSPCB) on 2024-01-29; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Angul spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 163, max 163); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).