Akola vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola 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, Akola averaged an AQI of 87 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 22-point (25%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Akola the cleaner of the two. On 365 days when both cities reported, Akola was cleaner on 300 of them; the average daily gap was 49 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Akola logged 0% Severe days and 59.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).