Nanded vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nanded 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, Nanded averaged an AQI of 102 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 28-point (38%) gap, with Nanded the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 449 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 340 of them; the average daily gap was 46 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Nanded peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Nanded logged 0% Severe days and 52.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nanded 15 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nanded has worsened by 9 AQI points (9.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nanded reached AQI 282 at Sneh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-11-11; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Nanded spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).