Chandrapur vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chandrapur 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 2022, Chandrapur averaged an AQI of 123 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 14-point (13%) gap, with Chandrapur the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1434 days when both cities reported, Chandrapur was cleaner on 1099 of them; the average daily gap was 91 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chandrapur peaks in March, while Kanpur peaks in November. Chandrapur logged 0.3% Severe days and 58.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chandrapur 37 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chandrapur has improved by 1 AQI points (0.8%) from 2017 to 2022; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chandrapur reached AQI 500 at MIDC Khutala (MPCB) on 2017-11-14; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Chandrapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 100, max 100); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).