Kanpur vs Shivamogga
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Shivamogga.
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 Shivamogga averaged 55 — a 54-point (98%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Shivamogga the cleaner of the two. On 1160 days when both cities reported, Shivamogga was cleaner on 1090 of them; the average daily gap was 101 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Shivamogga peaks in February. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Shivamogga was 0% Severe and 97.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Shivamogga 233 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Shivamogga has improved by 16 AQI points (22.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Shivamogga hit AQI 202 at Vinoba Nagara (KSPCB) on 2021-08-04.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Shivamogga spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).