Kanpur vs Vrindāvan
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kanpur and Vrindāvan.
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 Vrindāvan averaged 108 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Kanpur the more polluted and Vrindāvan the cleaner of the two. On 833 days when both cities reported, Vrindāvan was cleaner on 572 of them; the average daily gap was 46 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; Vrindāvan was 0.6% Severe and 43.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kanpur 70 days, Vrindāvan 52 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kanpur has improved by 96 AQI points (46.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Vrindāvan has improved by 53 AQI points (32.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kanpur reached AQI 482 at Nehru Nagar (UPPCB) on 2017-12-29; Vrindāvan hit AQI 475 at Omex Eternity (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Kanpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 111, max 165); Vrindāvan spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 115, max 115).