Hisar vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Hisar 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, Hisar averaged an AQI of 136 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 27-point (25%) gap, with Hisar the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1624 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 961 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Hisar logged 1.6% Severe days and 29.700000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Hisar 34 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Hisar has improved by 39 AQI points (22.3%) from 2019 to 2024; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Hisar reached AQI 490 at Urban Estate-II (HSPCB) on 2019-11-02; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Hisar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 168, max 168); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).