Indore vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore 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, Indore averaged an AQI of 84 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 25-point (30%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 1523 days when both cities reported, Indore was cleaner on 930 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Indore logged 0% Severe days and 45.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).