Kanpur vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Kota.
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 Kota averaged 131 — a 22-point (20%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 2104 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 1301 of them; the average daily gap was 71 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; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).