Gorakhpur vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gorakhpur 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, Gorakhpur averaged an AQI of 109 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 35-point (47%) gap, with Gorakhpur the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 603 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 529 of them; the average daily gap was 48 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gorakhpur peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Gorakhpur logged 0% Severe days and 57.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gorakhpur 62 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gorakhpur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gorakhpur reached AQI 393 at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (UPPCB) on 2021-11-09; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Gorakhpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).