Kanpur vs Silchar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Silchar.
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 Silchar averaged 52 — a 57-point (110%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Silchar the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Silchar was cleaner on 342 of them; the average daily gap was 78 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Silchar peaks in February. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Silchar was 0% Severe and 100% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Silchar 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Silchar has worsened by 11 AQI points (26.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Silchar hit AQI 89 at Tarapur (PCBA) on 2023-04-29.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Silchar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 47, max 47).