Hapur vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Hapur 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, Hapur averaged an AQI of 142 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 33-point (30%) gap, with Hapur the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1651 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 863 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Hapur logged 1.9% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Hapur 55 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Hapur has improved by 197 AQI points (58.1%) from 2018 to 2024; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Hapur reached AQI 477 at Anand Vihar (UPPCB) on 2019-10-31; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Hapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 159, max 159); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).