Chittoor vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chittoor 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, Chittoor averaged an AQI of 76 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 2-point (3%) gap, with Chittoor the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 484 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 279 of them; the average daily gap was 33 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chittoor peaks in October, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Chittoor logged 0% Severe days and 84.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chittoor 37 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chittoor has worsened by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2022 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chittoor reached AQI 348 at Gangineni Cheruvu (APPCB) on 2023-11-13; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Chittoor spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 72, max 72); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).