Bareilly vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly 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, Bareilly averaged an AQI of 61 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 13-point (21%) gap, with Rishīkesh the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 337 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 174 of them; the average daily gap was 28 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).