Kanpur vs Pāli
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Pāli.
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 Pāli averaged 134 — a 25-point (23%) gap, with Pāli the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 2060 days when both cities reported, Pāli was cleaner on 1165 of them; the average daily gap was 79 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Pāli peaks in May. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pāli was 0% Severe and 40.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Pāli 38 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Pāli has improved by 47 AQI points (26%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Pāli hit AQI 453 at Indira Colony Vistar (RSPCB) on 2019-04-16.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Pāli spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).