Jabalpur vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jabalpur 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, Jabalpur averaged an AQI of 106 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 32-point (43%) gap, with Jabalpur the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 339 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 294 of them; the average daily gap was 63 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Jabalpur peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Jabalpur logged 0% Severe days and 42% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jabalpur 122 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jabalpur has improved by 53 AQI points (33.3%) from 2019 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jabalpur reached AQI 364 at Marhatal (MPPCB) on 2024-01-21; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Jabalpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 21-point spread (min 101, max 122); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).