Bharatpur vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bharatpur 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, Bharatpur averaged an AQI of 131 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 57-point (77%) gap, with Bharatpur the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 609 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 545 of them; the average daily gap was 83 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Bharatpur logged 0% Severe days and 33.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bharatpur 41 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bharatpur has improved by 25 AQI points (16%) from 2023 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bharatpur reached AQI 396 at Krishna Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-11-14; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Bharatpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 142, max 142); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).