Ahmedabad vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ahmedabad and Kanpur.
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, Ahmedabad averaged an AQI of 117 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 8-point (7%) gap, with Ahmedabad the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 2137 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 1158 of them; the average daily gap was 78 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ahmedabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 23.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ahmedabad 25 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ahmedabad has worsened by 52 AQI points (80%) from 2016 to 2024; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ahmedabad reached AQI 430 at Raikhad (IITM) on 2023-03-17; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Ahmedabad spans 9 CPCB stations with a 44-point spread (min 95, max 139); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).