Bhopal vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal 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, Bhopal averaged an AQI of 114 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 5-point (5%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1509 days when both cities reported, Bhopal was cleaner on 929 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).