Kanpur vs Kochi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Kochi.
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 Kochi averaged 91 — a 18-point (20%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 897 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 658 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Kochi peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kochi was 0% Severe and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Kochi 80 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Kochi hit AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Kochi spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88).