Bāghpat vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāghpat 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, Bāghpat averaged an AQI of 141 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 67-point (91%) gap, with Bāghpat the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 329 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 321 of them; the average daily gap was 68 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāghpat peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Bāghpat logged 3.3% Severe days and 26.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāghpat 46 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāghpat has improved by 99 AQI points (41.2%) from 2018 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāghpat reached AQI 500 at New Collectorate (UPPCB) on 2018-07-28; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Bāghpat spans 2 CPCB stations with a 66-point spread (min 148, max 214); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).