Kanpur vs Pratapgarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Pratapgarh.
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 Pratapgarh averaged 93 — a 16-point (17%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Pratapgarh the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Pratapgarh was cleaner on 281 of them; the average daily gap was 48 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; Pratapgarh was 0% Severe and 59.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Pratapgarh 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Pratapgarh has improved by 10 AQI points (9.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Pratapgarh hit AQI 314 at Pragati Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-12-25.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Pratapgarh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).