Aurangabad vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad 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, Aurangabad averaged an AQI of 99 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Aurangabad the cleaner of the two. On 1415 days when both cities reported, Aurangabad was cleaner on 824 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Karnal peaks in November. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).