Bettiah vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bettiah 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, Bettiah averaged an AQI of 127 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 25-point (25%) gap, with Bettiah the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 753 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 559 of them; the average daily gap was 87 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bettiah logged 3.2% Severe days and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bettiah 20 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bettiah has improved by 73 AQI points (36.5%) from 2021 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bettiah reached AQI 470 at Kamalnath Nagar (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Bettiah spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).