Kanpur vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Rourkela.
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 Rourkela averaged 115 — a 6-point (6%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 211 of them; the average daily gap was 47 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; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).