Kaithal vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal 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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 52-point (70%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 590 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 544 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).