Jhansi vs Kanpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jhansi 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, Jhansi averaged an AQI of 75 while Kanpur averaged 109 — a 34-point (45%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Jhansi the cleaner of the two. On 595 days when both cities reported, Jhansi was cleaner on 464 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Jhansi logged 0% Severe days and 57.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanpur was 3.8% Severe and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jhansi 45 days, Kanpur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jhansi has improved by 52 AQI points (40.9%) from 2022 to 2024; Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jhansi reached AQI 277 at Shivaji Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-05; Kanpur hit AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29.
Station-level disparity
Jhansi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 98, max 98); Kanpur spans 4 stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165).