Kanpur vs Tirumala
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Tirumala.
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 Tirumala averaged 89 — a 20-point (22%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Tirumala the cleaner of the two. On 19 days when both cities reported, Tirumala was cleaner on 14 of them; the average daily gap was 26 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; Tirumala was 0% Severe and 65.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Tirumala 39 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Tirumala hit AQI 173 at Toll Gate (APPCB) on 2016-12-30.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Tirumala spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 89, max 89).