Kanpur vs Solapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Solapur.
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 Solapur averaged 96 — a 13-point (14%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Solapur the cleaner of the two. On 1646 days when both cities reported, Solapur was cleaner on 1207 of them; the average daily gap was 80 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kanpur peaks in November, while Solapur peaks in March. Kanpur logged 3.8% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Solapur was 0% Severe and 52.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Solapur 61 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Solapur has improved by 45 AQI points (31.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Solapur hit AQI 266 at Solapur (MPCB) on 2018-03-03.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Solapur spans 3 stations with a 10-point spread (min 88, max 98).