Kanpur vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Meerut.
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 Meerut averaged 144 — a 35-point (32%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1542 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 1146 of them; the average daily gap was 63 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; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).