Kanpur vs Samastipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Samastipur.
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 Samastipur averaged 134 — a 25-point (23%) gap, with Samastipur the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 485 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 325 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Samastipur peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Samastipur was 1.4% Severe and 23.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Samastipur 9 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Samastipur has improved by 84 AQI points (38.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Samastipur hit AQI 459 at DM Office Kasipur (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Samastipur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 177, max 177).