Kanpur vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Sonipat.
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 Sonipat averaged 134 — a 25-point (23%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Kanpur the cleaner of the two. On 1488 days when both cities reported, Kanpur was cleaner on 800 of them; the average daily gap was 68 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; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).