Kanpur vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur 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, Kanpur averaged an AQI of 109 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 35-point (47%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 340 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 319 of them; the average daily gap was 58 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).