Kanpur vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Karnal.
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, Kanpur averaged an AQI of 109 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 7-point (7%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1632 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 1043 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).