Kanpur vs Perundurai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Perundurai.
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 Perundurai averaged 75 — a 34-point (45%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Perundurai the cleaner of the two. On 57 days when both cities reported, Perundurai was cleaner on 54 of them; the average daily gap was 91 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; Perundurai was 0% Severe and 80.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Perundurai 13 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Perundurai hit AQI 153 at SIPCOT Industrial Park (TNPCB) on 2024-11-12.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Perundurai spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).