Bathinda vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bathinda 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, Bathinda averaged an AQI of 102 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 0-point (0%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Bathinda the cleaner of the two. On 1752 days when both cities reported, Bathinda was cleaner on 1030 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bathinda logged 0.1% Severe days and 53.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bathinda 54 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bathinda has improved by 3 AQI points (2.9%) from 2018 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bathinda reached AQI 405 at Hardev Nagar (PPCB) on 2018-06-16; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Bathinda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 108, max 108); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).