Rishīkesh vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rishīkesh and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 53-point (72%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 231 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 197 of them; the average daily gap was 74 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Rishīkesh peaks in January, while Tālcher peaks in December. Rishīkesh logged 0% Severe days and 88.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rishīkesh 95 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) from 2023 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rishīkesh reached AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Rishīkesh spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).