Kanpur vs Panipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Panipat.
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 Panipat averaged 121 — a 12-point (11%) gap, with Panipat the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1484 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 855 of them; the average daily gap was 55 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; Panipat was 1.1% Severe and 33.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Panipat 38 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Panipat has improved by 51 AQI points (29.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Panipat hit AQI 475 at Sector-18 (HSPCB) on 2019-10-30.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Panipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 152, max 152).