Kanpur vs Muzaffarnagar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Muzaffarnagar.
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 Muzaffarnagar averaged 179 — a 70-point (64%) gap, with Muzaffarnagar the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1725 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 1251 of them; the average daily gap was 55 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Muzaffarnagar peaks in December. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Muzaffarnagar was 1.1% Severe and 24.799999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Muzaffarnagar 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Muzaffarnagar has improved by 40 AQI points (18.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Muzaffarnagar hit AQI 446 at New Mandi (UPPCB) on 2019-01-02.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Muzaffarnagar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 183, max 183).