Kanpur vs Motihari
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Motihari.
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 Motihari averaged 116 — a 7-point (6%) gap, with Motihari the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 662 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 332 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; Motihari was 1.2% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Motihari 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Motihari has improved by 106 AQI points (47.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Motihari hit AQI 448 at Gandak Colony (BSPCB) on 2022-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Motihari spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 153, max 153).