Kolhapur vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolhapur 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, Kolhapur averaged an AQI of 100 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 26-point (35%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 338 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 264 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kolhapur peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Kolhapur logged 0% Severe days and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolhapur 81 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kolhapur reached AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Kolhapur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).