Kanpur vs Siwan
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Siwan.
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 Siwan averaged 148 — a 39-point (36%) gap, with Siwan the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 491 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 350 of them; the average daily gap was 71 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Siwan peaks in January. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siwan was 5.2% Severe and 17.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Siwan 13 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Siwan has improved by 184 AQI points (55.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Siwan hit AQI 488 at Chitragupta Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-30.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Siwan spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 197, max 197).