Kanpur vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Ludhiana.
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 Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 8-point (7%) gap, with Ludhiana the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1410 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 979 of them; the average daily gap was 85 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; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).