Nagpur vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nagpur 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, Nagpur averaged an AQI of 104 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 30-point (41%) gap, with Nagpur the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 340 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 286 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Nagpur peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Nagpur logged 0% Severe days and 60.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nagpur 68 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nagpur has improved by 37 AQI points (26.2%) from 2017 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nagpur reached AQI 342 at Opp GPO Civil Lines (MPCB) on 2022-12-03; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Nagpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 98, max 107); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).