Kanpur vs Nārnaul
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Nārnaul.
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 Nārnaul averaged 94 — a 15-point (16%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Nārnaul the cleaner of the two. On 1539 days when both cities reported, Nārnaul was cleaner on 1013 of them; the average daily gap was 58 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; Nārnaul was 0.1% Severe and 40.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Nārnaul 63 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Nārnaul has improved by 37 AQI points (28.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Nārnaul hit AQI 435 at Shastri Nagar (HSPCB) on 2023-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Nārnaul spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 130, max 130).