Malegaon vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon 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, Malegaon averaged an AQI of 114 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 40-point (54%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 486 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 417 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Malegaon peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Malegaon logged 0% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).