Alwar vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Alwar 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, Alwar averaged an AQI of 88 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 14-point (16%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Alwar the cleaner of the two. On 1973 days when both cities reported, Alwar was cleaner on 1313 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Alwar logged 0% Severe days and 70.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Alwar 97 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Alwar has improved by 125 AQI points (58.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Alwar reached AQI 356 at Moti Doongri (RSPCB) on 2017-11-11; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Alwar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 95, max 95); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).