Jabalpur vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jabalpur 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, Jabalpur averaged an AQI of 106 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Jabalpur the cleaner of the two. On 1508 days when both cities reported, Jabalpur was cleaner on 943 of them; the average daily gap was 55 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Jabalpur logged 0% Severe days and 42% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jabalpur 122 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jabalpur has improved by 53 AQI points (33.3%) from 2019 to 2024; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jabalpur reached AQI 364 at Marhatal (MPPCB) on 2024-01-21; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Jabalpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 21-point spread (min 101, max 122); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).