Katni vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Katni 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, Katni averaged an AQI of 105 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 31-point (42%) gap, with Katni the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 611 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 518 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Katni peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Katni logged 0% Severe days and 39.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Katni 62 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Katni has improved by 93 AQI points (47%) from 2019 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Katni reached AQI 350 at Gole Bazar (MPPCB) on 2019-11-01; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Katni spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).