Coimbatore vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Coimbatore 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, Coimbatore averaged an AQI of 66 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 8-point (12%) gap, with Rishīkesh the more polluted and Coimbatore the cleaner of the two. On 271 days when both cities reported, Coimbatore was cleaner on 138 of them; the average daily gap was 36 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Coimbatore peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Coimbatore logged 0% Severe days and 90.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Coimbatore 32 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Coimbatore has improved by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2019 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Coimbatore reached AQI 279 at SIDCO Kurichi (TNPCB) on 2024-09-28; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Coimbatore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 1-point spread (min 63, max 64); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).