Kanpur vs Sasaram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Sasaram.
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 Sasaram averaged 109 — a 0-point (0%) gap, with Sasaram the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 674 days when both cities reported, Sasaram was cleaner on 370 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Sasaram peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sasaram was 0.1% Severe and 37% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Sasaram 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Sasaram has improved by 166 AQI points (60.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Sasaram hit AQI 401 at Dada Peer (BSPCB) on 2021-11-28.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Sasaram spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 148, max 148).