Puducherry vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry 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, Puducherry averaged an AQI of 55 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 19-point (35%) gap, with Rishīkesh the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 622 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 327 of them; the average daily gap was 27 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).