Cuttack vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack 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, Cuttack averaged an AQI of 112 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 233 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Kanpur peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).