Kanpur vs Pithampur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Pithampur.
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 Pithampur averaged 117 — a 8-point (7%) gap, with Pithampur the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 2140 days when both cities reported, Pithampur was cleaner on 1413 of them; the average daily gap was 71 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Pithampur peaks in December. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pithampur was 0% Severe and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Pithampur 101 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Pithampur has improved by 57 AQI points (32.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Pithampur hit AQI 310 at Sector-2 Industrial Area (MPPCB) on 2017-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Pithampur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 114, max 114).