Rāichūr vs Rishīkesh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rāichūr 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, Rāichūr averaged an AQI of 106 while Rishīkesh averaged 74 — a 32-point (43%) gap, with Rāichūr the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 422 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 350 of them; the average daily gap was 43 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Rāichūr peaks in February, while Rishīkesh peaks in January. Rāichūr logged 0% Severe days and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rishīkesh was 0% Severe and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rāichūr 23 days, Rishīkesh 95 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) from 2020 to 2024; Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rāichūr reached AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25; Rishīkesh hit AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Rāichūr spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Rishīkesh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64).