Kanpur vs Maihar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Maihar.
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 Maihar averaged 59 — a 50-point (85%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Maihar the cleaner of the two. On 1184 days when both cities reported, Maihar was cleaner on 1112 of them; the average daily gap was 101 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Maihar peaks in December. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Maihar was 0% Severe and 94.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Maihar 72 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Maihar has improved by 9 AQI points (13.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Maihar hit AQI 262 at Sahilara Maihar (Cements) on 2022-08-25.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Maihar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).