Panipat vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Panipat 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, Panipat averaged an AQI of 121 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 47-point (64%) gap, with Panipat the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 542 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 489 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Panipat peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Panipat logged 1.1% Severe days and 33.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Panipat 38 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Panipat has improved by 51 AQI points (29.7%) from 2019 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Panipat reached AQI 475 at Sector-18 (HSPCB) on 2019-10-30; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Panipat spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 152, max 152); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).