Bhopal vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhopal 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, Bhopal averaged an AQI of 114 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 12-point (12%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1411 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 708 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bhopal logged 0% Severe days and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhopal 47 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) from 2019 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhopal reached AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Bhopal spans 3 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).