Jīnd vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jīnd 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, Jīnd averaged an AQI of 126 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 52-point (70%) gap, with Jīnd the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 573 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 518 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Jīnd peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Jīnd logged 2.1% Severe days and 36.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jīnd 23 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jīnd has improved by 39 AQI points (23.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jīnd reached AQI 491 at Police Lines (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Jīnd spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 158, max 158); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).