Kanpur vs Lucknow
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Lucknow.
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 Lucknow averaged 127 — a 18-point (17%) gap, with Lucknow the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 2353 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 1990 of them; the average daily gap was 67 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; Lucknow was 6.6% Severe and 19.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Lucknow 45 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Lucknow has improved by 89 AQI points (41.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Lucknow hit AQI 500 at Lalbagh (CPCB) on 2017-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Lucknow spans 7 stations with a 119-point spread (min 97, max 216).