Rishīkesh vs Sasaram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rishīkesh and Sasaram.
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, Rishīkesh averaged an AQI of 74 while Sasaram averaged 109 — a 35-point (47%) gap, with Sasaram the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 516 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 392 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Rishīkesh logged 0% Severe days and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sasaram was 0.1% Severe and 37% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rishīkesh 95 days, Sasaram 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) from 2023 to 2024; Sasaram has improved by 166 AQI points (60.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rishīkesh reached AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11; Sasaram hit AQI 401 at Dada Peer (BSPCB) on 2021-11-28.
Station-level disparity
Rishīkesh spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64); Sasaram spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 148, max 148).