Bettiah vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah 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, Bettiah averaged an AQI of 127 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 53-point (72%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 453 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 405 of them; the average daily gap was 91 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bettiah peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Bettiah logged 3.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).