Pune vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pune 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, Pune averaged an AQI of 97 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 23-point (31%) gap, with Pune the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 340 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 313 of them; the average daily gap was 82 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Pune peaks in November, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Pune logged 0.1% Severe days and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pune 92 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pune reached AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Pune spans 12 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).