Kanpur vs Moradabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Moradabad.
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 Moradabad averaged 99 — a 10-point (10%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Moradabad the cleaner of the two. On 1814 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 1121 of them; the average daily gap was 54 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; Moradabad was 2.8% Severe and 25% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Moradabad 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Moradabad hit AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Moradabad spans 7 stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210).