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Kanpur vs Nayāgarh

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Nayāgarh.

Cleaner right now: Nayāgarh (50-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Nayāgarh cleaner 237/322 daysYoY 20162024: Kanpur -46.8% · Nayāgarh -32.9%

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

Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh, India

Satisfactory

PM2.5: 34.3 µg/m³

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🏆 Cleaner

Nayāgarh

Odisha, India

Good

PM2.5: 28.8 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantKanpurNayāgarh
PM2.5(µg/m³)34.3028.80
PM10(µg/m³)98.0041.00
NO₂(µg/m³)0.801.10
SO₂(µg/m³)8.406.50
O₃(µg/m³)166.00154.00
CO(µg/m³)202.00223.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Kanpur averaged an AQI of 109 while Nayāgarh averaged 98 — a 11-point (11%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Nayāgarh the cleaner of the two. On 322 days when both cities reported, Nayāgarh was cleaner on 237 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.

Seasonality & days

Kanpur peaks in November, while Nayāgarh peaks in April. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Nayāgarh was 0% Severe and 47.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Nayāgarh 52 days.

Year-over-year progress

Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Nayāgarh has improved by 48 AQI points (32.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Nayāgarh hit AQI 336 at Dabuna (OSPCB) on 2023-03-13.

Station-level disparity

Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Nayāgarh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).

Verdict

🏆 Nayāgarh has better air quality with an AQI of 48 compared to Kanpur's 98.

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