Bidar vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bidar 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, Bidar averaged an AQI of 85 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 11-point (15%) gap, with Bidar the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 416 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 250 of them; the average daily gap was 31 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Bidar logged 0.1% Severe days and 72.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bidar 24 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bidar has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.2%) from 2021 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bidar reached AQI 437 at Naubad (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Bidar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 84, max 84); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).