Rishīkesh vs Udaipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rishīkesh and Udaipur.
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 Udaipur averaged 112 — a 38-point (51%) gap, with Udaipur the more polluted and Rishīkesh the cleaner of the two. On 640 days when both cities reported, Rishīkesh was cleaner on 566 of them; the average daily gap was 48 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; Udaipur was 0% Severe and 47% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rishīkesh 95 days, Udaipur 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rishīkesh has worsened by 21 AQI points (39.6%) from 2023 to 2024; Udaipur has improved by 77 AQI points (40.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rishīkesh reached AQI 208 at Shivaji Nagar (UKPCB) on 2024-11-11; Udaipur hit AQI 348 at Ashok Nagar (RSPCB) on 2021-11-15.
Station-level disparity
Rishīkesh spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 64, max 64); Udaipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 112, max 112).