Cuddalore vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore 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, Cuddalore averaged an AQI of 52 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 22-point (42%) gap, with Rishīkesh the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 298 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 195 of them; the average daily gap was 38 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Cuddalore logged 0% Severe days and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).