SmogRank / India / Uttar Pradesh

Air quality in Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh, India. PM2.5 from 3 reference monitors, updated hourly.

35.7 µg/m³
Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Mean for 29 Sept, the most recent day with readings, 2.4× the WHO 24-hour guideline. No hourly readings have reached us since; some networks publish days late.

Rank

24 h
–
not enough data
7 days
#190
of 2,330 · 17.7 µg/m³
30 days
#131
of 2,327 · 23.4 µg/m³
Year
#81
of 2,160 · 36.1 µg/m³

Why it ranks here

Cleaner than usual. The last 7 days averaged 17.7 µg/m³, well below its typical 40.3; rain or wind often clears the air for a while.

Chronic pollution. Its typical day over the past year was 40.3 µg/m³, 2.7× the WHO 24-hour guideline, so it ranks high most of the time, not only during events.

Seasonal. Over the past year its worst months were November, December, averaging up to 70.7 µg/m³ against 23.4 in its cleanest month. Seasonal peaks usually come from heating, crop burning, fire or dust seasons.

Based on Kanpur's own measurements; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.

Hour by hour

No hourly readings in the last few days. The chart returns when the monitors' data arrives.

Every day for a year

SepNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepMonWedFri2025-09-29: 20.2 µg/m³2025-09-30: 19.8 µg/m³2025-10-01: 17.9 µg/m³2025-10-02: 12.1 µg/m³2025-10-03: 9.8 µg/m³2025-10-04: 6.7 µg/m³2025-10-05: 23.5 µg/m³2025-10-06: 27.8 µg/m³2025-10-07: 23.0 µg/m³2025-10-08: 19.8 µg/m³2025-10-09: 44.0 µg/m³2025-10-10: 72.5 µg/m³2025-10-11: 47.9 µg/m³2025-10-12: 49.3 µg/m³2025-10-13: 56.0 µg/m³2025-10-14: 63.3 µg/m³2025-10-15: 64.6 µg/m³2025-10-16: 64.9 µg/m³2025-10-17: 81.8 µg/m³2025-10-18: 89.3 µg/m³2025-10-19: 101.3 µg/m³2025-10-20: 133.0 µg/m³2025-10-21: 167.0 µg/m³2025-10-22: 106.0 µg/m³2025-10-23: 102.0 µg/m³2025-10-24: 76.8 µg/m³2025-10-25: 56.0 µg/m³2025-10-26: no data2025-10-27: 65.0 µg/m³2025-10-28: 38.1 µg/m³2025-10-29: 24.3 µg/m³2025-10-30: 21.4 µg/m³2025-10-31: 9.9 µg/m³2025-11-01: 42.5 µg/m³2025-11-02: 71.4 µg/m³2025-11-03: 79.7 µg/m³2025-11-04: no data2025-11-05: 92.1 µg/m³2025-11-06: 67.4 µg/m³2025-11-07: 90.2 µg/m³2025-11-08: 110.5 µg/m³2025-11-09: 62.1 µg/m³2025-11-10: 75.5 µg/m³2025-11-11: 91.0 µg/m³2025-11-12: 79.6 µg/m³2025-11-13: 82.2 µg/m³2025-11-14: 76.3 µg/m³2025-11-15: 78.9 µg/m³2025-11-16: 59.8 µg/m³2025-11-17: 53.7 µg/m³2025-11-18: 51.2 µg/m³2025-11-19: 77.8 µg/m³2025-11-20: 83.5 µg/m³2025-11-21: 75.1 µg/m³2025-11-22: 67.5 µg/m³2025-11-23: 71.3 µg/m³2025-11-24: 74.4 µg/m³2025-11-25: 61.5 µg/m³2025-11-26: 62.8 µg/m³2025-11-27: 58.5 µg/m³2025-11-28: 55.8 µg/m³2025-11-29: 52.9 µg/m³2025-11-30: 45.7 µg/m³2025-12-01: 59.6 µg/m³2025-12-02: 70.8 µg/m³2025-12-03: 75.7 µg/m³2025-12-04: 48.3 µg/m³2025-12-05: 53.4 µg/m³2025-12-06: 61.4 µg/m³2025-12-07: 51.3 µg/m³2025-12-08: 49.4 µg/m³2025-12-09: 37.8 µg/m³2025-12-10: 38.1 µg/m³2025-12-11: 59.5 µg/m³2025-12-12: 80.8 µg/m³2025-12-13: 84.2 µg/m³2025-12-14: 82.8 µg/m³2025-12-15: 65.7 µg/m³2025-12-16: 65.7 µg/m³2025-12-17: 69.8 µg/m³2025-12-18: 64.2 µg/m³2025-12-19: 72.6 µg/m³2025-12-20: 56.8 µg/m³2025-12-21: 83.5 µg/m³2025-12-22: 82.3 µg/m³2025-12-23: 70.9 µg/m³2025-12-24: 62.8 µg/m³2025-12-25: 51.4 µg/m³2025-12-26: 51.9 µg/m³2025-12-27: 64.4 µg/m³2025-12-28: 54.2 µg/m³2025-12-29: 72.9 µg/m³2025-12-30: 90.5 µg/m³2025-12-31: 71.4 µg/m³2026-01-01: 73.5 µg/m³2026-01-02: 56.2 µg/m³2026-01-03: 41.1 µg/m³2026-01-04: 68.8 µg/m³2026-01-05: 55.2 µg/m³2026-01-06: 50.5 µg/m³2026-01-07: 59.7 µg/m³2026-01-08: 52.5 µg/m³2026-01-09: 74.1 µg/m³2026-01-10: 122.0 µg/m³2026-01-11: no data2026-01-12: no data2026-01-13: no data2026-01-14: no data2026-01-15: no data2026-01-16: no data2026-01-17: no data2026-01-18: no data2026-01-19: no data2026-01-20: no data2026-01-21: 58.3 µg/m³2026-01-22: 61.0 µg/m³2026-01-23: 57.0 µg/m³2026-01-24: 50.9 µg/m³2026-01-25: 25.8 µg/m³2026-01-26: 33.8 µg/m³2026-01-27: 42.5 µg/m³2026-01-28: 22.9 µg/m³2026-01-29: 27.7 µg/m³2026-01-30: 34.0 µg/m³2026-01-31: 33.6 µg/m³2026-02-01: 46.7 µg/m³2026-02-02: 42.5 µg/m³2026-02-03: no data2026-02-04: no data2026-02-05: 49.7 µg/m³2026-02-06: 27.7 µg/m³2026-02-07: 26.0 µg/m³2026-02-08: no data2026-02-09: 57.0 µg/m³2026-02-10: 64.0 µg/m³2026-02-11: 56.9 µg/m³2026-02-12: 31.5 µg/m³2026-02-13: 34.2 µg/m³2026-02-14: 45.7 µg/m³2026-02-15: 41.8 µg/m³2026-02-16: no data2026-02-17: no data2026-02-18: no data2026-02-19: no data2026-02-20: 35.4 µg/m³2026-02-21: 50.3 µg/m³2026-02-22: 49.6 µg/m³2026-02-23: 63.3 µg/m³2026-02-24: 61.5 µg/m³2026-02-25: 66.8 µg/m³2026-02-26: 55.6 µg/m³2026-02-27: 50.2 µg/m³2026-02-28: 62.3 µg/m³2026-03-01: 36.0 µg/m³2026-03-02: 35.5 µg/m³2026-03-03: 50.1 µg/m³2026-03-04: 35.2 µg/m³2026-03-05: 40.3 µg/m³2026-03-06: 62.3 µg/m³2026-03-07: 60.0 µg/m³2026-03-08: 72.8 µg/m³2026-03-09: 59.9 µg/m³2026-03-10: no data2026-03-11: 69.9 µg/m³2026-03-12: 42.3 µg/m³2026-03-13: 44.5 µg/m³2026-03-14: 41.0 µg/m³2026-03-15: 32.7 µg/m³2026-03-16: 46.2 µg/m³2026-03-17: 69.7 µg/m³2026-03-18: 55.0 µg/m³2026-03-19: 43.3 µg/m³2026-03-20: 37.5 µg/m³2026-03-21: 27.4 µg/m³2026-03-22: 34.5 µg/m³2026-03-23: 48.2 µg/m³2026-03-24: 34.2 µg/m³2026-03-25: 40.0 µg/m³2026-03-26: 39.3 µg/m³2026-03-27: 44.6 µg/m³2026-03-28: 33.8 µg/m³2026-03-29: 53.3 µg/m³2026-03-30: 35.7 µg/m³2026-03-31: 27.3 µg/m³2026-04-01: 18.4 µg/m³2026-04-02: 37.3 µg/m³2026-04-03: 33.4 µg/m³2026-04-04: 45.1 µg/m³2026-04-05: 6.6 µg/m³2026-04-06: 22.1 µg/m³2026-04-07: 33.1 µg/m³2026-04-08: 18.0 µg/m³2026-04-09: 36.6 µg/m³2026-04-10: 51.6 µg/m³2026-04-11: 29.0 µg/m³2026-04-12: 42.7 µg/m³2026-04-13: 30.3 µg/m³2026-04-14: 42.8 µg/m³2026-04-15: 52.5 µg/m³2026-04-16: no data2026-04-17: 59.7 µg/m³2026-04-18: 41.9 µg/m³2026-04-19: 49.3 µg/m³2026-04-20: 42.5 µg/m³2026-04-21: 39.6 µg/m³2026-04-22: 41.0 µg/m³2026-04-23: 42.9 µg/m³2026-04-24: 44.2 µg/m³2026-04-25: 60.0 µg/m³2026-04-26: 41.6 µg/m³2026-04-27: 51.9 µg/m³2026-04-28: 50.1 µg/m³2026-04-29: 60.2 µg/m³2026-04-30: 32.7 µg/m³2026-05-01: 24.1 µg/m³2026-05-02: 24.2 µg/m³2026-05-03: 27.8 µg/m³2026-05-04: 19.9 µg/m³2026-05-05: 21.6 µg/m³2026-05-06: no data2026-05-07: no data2026-05-08: 26.3 µg/m³2026-05-09: 30.7 µg/m³2026-05-10: 34.3 µg/m³2026-05-11: 36.1 µg/m³2026-05-12: 35.6 µg/m³2026-05-13: 48.8 µg/m³2026-05-14: 41.5 µg/m³2026-05-15: 48.9 µg/m³2026-05-16: 54.1 µg/m³2026-05-17: 50.6 µg/m³2026-05-18: 56.4 µg/m³2026-05-19: 61.4 µg/m³2026-05-20: 57.4 µg/m³2026-05-21: 48.3 µg/m³2026-05-22: 47.5 µg/m³2026-05-23: 52.3 µg/m³2026-05-24: 45.1 µg/m³2026-05-25: 59.8 µg/m³2026-05-26: 37.2 µg/m³2026-05-27: 40.9 µg/m³2026-05-28: 35.6 µg/m³2026-05-29: 21.3 µg/m³2026-05-30: 18.6 µg/m³2026-05-31: 19.1 µg/m³2026-06-01: 21.2 µg/m³2026-06-02: 38.2 µg/m³2026-06-03: 37.9 µg/m³2026-06-04: 41.6 µg/m³2026-06-05: 25.3 µg/m³2026-06-06: 48.1 µg/m³2026-06-07: 37.3 µg/m³2026-06-08: 34.2 µg/m³2026-06-09: 27.4 µg/m³2026-06-10: 27.8 µg/m³2026-06-11: 21.1 µg/m³2026-06-12: 24.1 µg/m³2026-06-13: 25.7 µg/m³2026-06-14: 27.8 µg/m³2026-06-15: 37.7 µg/m³2026-06-16: 52.8 µg/m³2026-06-17: 40.5 µg/m³2026-06-18: 45.3 µg/m³2026-06-19: 36.8 µg/m³2026-06-20: 28.7 µg/m³2026-06-21: 24.8 µg/m³2026-06-22: 30.1 µg/m³2026-06-23: no data2026-06-24: no data2026-06-25: no data2026-06-26: 38.6 µg/m³2026-06-27: 30.2 µg/m³2026-06-28: 20.2 µg/m³2026-06-29: 25.5 µg/m³2026-06-30: 16.2 µg/m³2026-07-01: 24.5 µg/m³2026-07-02: 30.4 µg/m³2026-07-03: 35.8 µg/m³2026-07-04: 18.4 µg/m³2026-07-05: 16.5 µg/m³2026-07-06: 5.4 µg/m³2026-07-07: 10.4 µg/m³2026-07-08: 10.1 µg/m³2026-07-09: 11.5 µg/m³2026-07-10: 18.3 µg/m³2026-07-11: 36.5 µg/m³2026-07-12: 34.2 µg/m³2026-07-13: 37.5 µg/m³2026-07-14: 42.3 µg/m³2026-07-15: 31.0 µg/m³2026-07-16: 33.4 µg/m³2026-07-17: 24.1 µg/m³2026-07-18: 26.5 µg/m³2026-07-19: 21.6 µg/m³2026-07-20: 15.0 µg/m³2026-07-21: 14.2 µg/m³2026-07-22: 23.0 µg/m³2026-07-23: 29.2 µg/m³2026-07-24: 23.3 µg/m³2026-07-25: 32.8 µg/m³2026-07-26: 35.3 µg/m³2026-07-27: 21.2 µg/m³2026-07-28: 28.7 µg/m³2026-07-29: 20.6 µg/m³2026-07-30: 27.1 µg/m³2026-07-31: 23.4 µg/m³2026-08-01: 26.7 µg/m³2026-08-02: 21.9 µg/m³2026-08-03: 23.2 µg/m³2026-08-04: 16.3 µg/m³2026-08-05: 17.4 µg/m³2026-08-06: 29.9 µg/m³2026-08-07: 29.3 µg/m³2026-08-08: 37.4 µg/m³2026-08-09: 31.7 µg/m³2026-08-10: 47.9 µg/m³2026-08-11: 43.4 µg/m³2026-08-12: 28.3 µg/m³2026-08-13: 46.9 µg/m³2026-08-14: 16.4 µg/m³2026-08-15: 19.4 µg/m³2026-08-16: 23.3 µg/m³2026-08-17: 21.3 µg/m³2026-08-18: 25.0 µg/m³2026-08-19: 29.1 µg/m³2026-08-20: 25.0 µg/m³2026-08-21: 28.5 µg/m³2026-08-22: 21.5 µg/m³2026-08-23: 21.9 µg/m³2026-08-24: 48.4 µg/m³2026-08-25: 18.5 µg/m³2026-08-26: 15.4 µg/m³2026-08-27: no data2026-08-28: no data2026-08-29: no data2026-08-30: 32.9 µg/m³2026-08-31: 27.8 µg/m³2026-09-01: 15.5 µg/m³2026-09-02: 9.8 µg/m³2026-09-03: 19.7 µg/m³2026-09-04: 19.8 µg/m³2026-09-05: 16.0 µg/m³2026-09-06: 13.0 µg/m³2026-09-07: 14.5 µg/m³2026-09-08: 21.4 µg/m³2026-09-09: 36.2 µg/m³2026-09-10: 36.3 µg/m³2026-09-11: 24.4 µg/m³2026-09-12: 20.9 µg/m³2026-09-13: 29.5 µg/m³2026-09-14: 33.4 µg/m³2026-09-15: 27.5 µg/m³2026-09-16: 22.8 µg/m³2026-09-17: 23.5 µg/m³2026-09-18: 28.4 µg/m³2026-09-19: 36.7 µg/m³2026-09-20: 33.9 µg/m³2026-09-21: 37.1 µg/m³2026-09-22: 31.9 µg/m³2026-09-23: 20.8 µg/m³2026-09-24: 10.2 µg/m³2026-09-25: 10.7 µg/m³2026-09-26: 6.0 µg/m³2026-09-27: 16.3 µg/m³2026-09-28: 27.5 µg/m³2026-09-29: 35.7 µg/m³2026-09-30: no data
Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data

318 of 335 measured days were over the WHO 24-hour guideline.

Daily world rank

#1#1426OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

Rank on each day's board (1 = most polluted city that day).

2026 against 2025, month by month

15Jan 2026: 52.4 µg/m³JanFeb 2025: 54.4 µg/m³Feb 2026: 48.5 µg/m³FebMar 2025: 45.9 µg/m³Mar 2026: 45.1 µg/m³MarApr 2025: 40.9 µg/m³Apr 2026: 39.9 µg/m³AprMay 2025: 40.0 µg/m³May 2026: 38.8 µg/m³MayJun 2025: 36.1 µg/m³Jun 2026: 32.0 µg/m³JunJul 2025: 21.1 µg/m³Jul 2026: 24.6 µg/m³JulAug 2025: 24.8 µg/m³Aug 2026: 27.7 µg/m³AugSep 2025: 29.1 µg/m³Sep 2026: 23.4 µg/m³SepOct 2025: 55.8 µg/m³OctNov 2025: 70.7 µg/m³NovDec 2025: 64.6 µg/m³Dec

Faded bars: 2025. A month shows once it has 10 measured days.

This week against past years

This weekThis week: 17.7 µg/m³17.720252025: 30.8 µg/m³30.8

Mean PM2.5 for 24 Sept to 30 Sept in each year. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline.

Monitors

StationOperatorType
Nehru Nagar, Kanpur - UPPCBGODL-IndiaUttar Pradesh Pollution Control BoardReference
NSI Kalyanpur, Kanpur - UPPCBGODL-IndiaUttar Pradesh Pollution Control BoardReference
FTI Kidwai Nagar, Kanpur - UPPCBGODL-IndiaUttar Pradesh Pollution Control BoardReference

The city's value is the median of its reference monitors each hour; low-cost sensors are listed but not counted when reference monitors exist. Data via OpenAQ; licences as listed. How we rank. Embed this on your site.

Other cities in India

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30-day averages, µg/m³. All of India →

Updated 2026-10-01 06:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.