Kanpur vs Khanna
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Khanna.
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 Khanna averaged 102 — a 7-point (7%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Khanna the cleaner of the two. On 357 days when both cities reported, Khanna was cleaner on 241 of them; the average daily gap was 40 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; Khanna was 0% Severe and 61.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Khanna 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Khanna has worsened by 4 AQI points (4.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Khanna hit AQI 297 at Kalal Majra (PPCB) on 2023-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Khanna spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 100, max 100).