Kanpur vs Kozhikode
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Kozhikode.
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 Kozhikode averaged 78 — a 31-point (40%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Kozhikode the cleaner of the two. On 937 days when both cities reported, Kozhikode was cleaner on 820 of them; the average daily gap was 101 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Kozhikode peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kozhikode was 0.1% Severe and 99% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Kozhikode 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Kozhikode has worsened by 29 AQI points (59.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Kozhikode hit AQI 417 at Palayam Kozhikode (PCB) on 2021-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Kozhikode spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).