Kaithal vs Kanchipuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Kanchipuram.
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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Kanchipuram averaged 51 — a 75-point (147%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Kanchipuram the cleaner of the two. On 324 days when both cities reported, Kanchipuram was cleaner on 304 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Kanchipuram peaks in February. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kanchipuram was 0% Severe and 94% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Kanchipuram 18 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Kanchipuram has improved by 18 AQI points (26.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Kanchipuram hit AQI 320 at Kilambi (TNPCB) on 2023-05-22.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Kanchipuram spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 57, max 57).