Bhopal vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal 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, Bhopal averaged an AQI of 114 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 40-point (54%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 339 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 287 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhopal peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).