Kanpur vs Kishanganj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Kishanganj.
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 Kishanganj averaged 144 — a 35-point (32%) gap, with Kishanganj the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 623 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 342 of them; the average daily gap was 63 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Kishanganj peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kishanganj was 0.2% Severe and 37.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Kishanganj 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Kishanganj has improved by 136 AQI points (48.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Kishanganj hit AQI 417 at SDM Office Khagra (BSPCB) on 2022-02-01.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Kishanganj spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 156, max 156).