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Kishanganj vs Rishīkesh

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kishanganj 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

Kishanganj

Bihar, India

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Rishīkesh

Uttarakhand, India

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CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Kishanganj averaged an AQI of 144 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 70-point (95%) gap, with Kishanganj the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 526 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 461 of them; the average daily gap was 79 AQI points.

Seasonality & days

Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Kishanganj logged 0.2% Severe days and 37.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kishanganj 23 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.

Year-over-year progress

Kishanganj has improved by 136 AQI points (48.6%) from 2021 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kishanganj reached AQI 417 at SDM Office Khagra (BSPCB) on 2022-02-01; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.

Station-level disparity

Kishanganj spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 156, max 156); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).

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