Kanpur vs Rajgir
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Rajgir.
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 Rajgir averaged 124 — a 15-point (14%) gap, with Rajgir the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 574 days when both cities reported, Rajgir was cleaner on 304 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Rajgir peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rajgir was 0.6% Severe and 37.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Rajgir 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Rajgir has improved by 158 AQI points (56%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Rajgir hit AQI 461 at Dangi Tola (BSPCB) on 2022-12-31.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Rajgir spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 154, max 154).