Bikaner vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bikaner 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, Bikaner averaged an AQI of 154 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 80-point (108%) gap, with Bikaner the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 629 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 607 of them; the average daily gap was 98 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Bikaner logged 0.1% Severe days and 21.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bikaner 15 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bikaner has improved by 16 AQI points (9.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bikaner reached AQI 403 at MM Ground (RSPCB) on 2024-11-17; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Bikaner spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).