Kanpur vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Palwal.
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 Palwal averaged 95 — a 14-point (15%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 1567 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 898 of them; the average daily gap was 62 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; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).