Kanpur vs Malegaon
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Malegaon.
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 Malegaon averaged 114 — a 5-point (5%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 355 days when both cities reported, Malegaon was cleaner on 218 of them; the average daily gap was 41 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; Malegaon was 0% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Malegaon 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Malegaon hit AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Malegaon spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109).