Akola vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Karnal.
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, Akola averaged an AQI of 87 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 15-point (17%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Akola the cleaner of the two. On 526 days when both cities reported, Akola was cleaner on 306 of them; the average daily gap was 39 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Akola logged 0% Severe days and 59.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).