Baripāda vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda 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, Baripāda averaged an AQI of 121 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 47-point (64%) gap, with Baripāda the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 586 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 493 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Baripāda has improved by 87 AQI points (41.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).