Kanpur vs Korba
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Korba.
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 Korba averaged 67 — a 42-point (63%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 356 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 312 of them; the average daily gap was 63 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Korba peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Korba was 0% Severe and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Korba 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Korba hit AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Korba spans 2 stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75).