Kanpur vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 10-point (9%) gap, with Sawāi Mādhopur the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 216 of them; the average daily gap was 37 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; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).