Angul vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Angul 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, Angul averaged an AQI of 149 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 47-point (46%) gap, with Angul the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 377 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 257 of them; the average daily gap was 76 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Angul peaks in January, while Karnal peaks in November. Angul logged 0% Severe days and 32.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Angul 23 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Angul has improved by 89 AQI points (37.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Angul reached AQI 370 at Hakimapada (OSPCB) on 2024-01-29; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Angul spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 163, max 163); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).