Kanpur vs Munger
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Munger.
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 Munger averaged 130 — a 21-point (19%) gap, with Munger the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 640 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 388 of them; the average daily gap was 70 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Munger peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Munger was 1.5% Severe and 22.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Munger 12 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Munger has improved by 135 AQI points (50.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Munger hit AQI 445 at Town Hall (BSPCB) on 2022-01-06.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Munger spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 180, max 180).