Indore vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore 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, Indore averaged an AQI of 84 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 10-point (14%) gap, with Indore the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 340 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 293 of them; the average daily gap was 63 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Indore peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Indore logged 0% Severe days and 45.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).