Kanpur vs Sirsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Sirsa.
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 Sirsa averaged 115 — a 6-point (6%) gap, with Sirsa the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1624 days when both cities reported, Sirsa was cleaner on 897 of them; the average daily gap was 67 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; Sirsa was 0.5% Severe and 41.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Sirsa 40 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Sirsa has improved by 48 AQI points (29.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Sirsa hit AQI 462 at F-Block (HSPCB) on 2019-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Sirsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).