Kanpur vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Pune.
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 Pune averaged 97 — a 12-point (12%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 1931 days when both cities reported, Pune was cleaner on 1167 of them; the average daily gap was 78 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; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).