Cuttack vs Hapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Hapur.
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, Cuttack averaged an AQI of 112 while Hapur averaged 142 — a 30-point (27%) gap, with Hapur the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 396 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 257 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Hapur peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Hapur was 1.9% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Hapur 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Hapur has improved by 197 AQI points (58.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Hapur hit AQI 477 at Anand Vihar (UPPCB) on 2019-10-31.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Hapur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 159, max 159).