Kārwār vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kārwār 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, Kārwār averaged an AQI of 55 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 19-point (35%) gap, with Rishīkesh the more polluted and Kārwār the cleaner of the two. On 255 days when both cities reported, Kārwār was cleaner on 174 of them; the average daily gap was 34 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Kārwār logged 0% Severe days and 92.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kārwār 34 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kārwār has improved by 72 AQI points (56.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kārwār reached AQI 222 at KHB Colony (KSPCB) on 2023-12-21; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Kārwār spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 58, max 58); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).