Chittoor vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chittoor 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, Chittoor averaged an AQI of 76 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 26-point (34%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Chittoor the cleaner of the two. On 533 days when both cities reported, Chittoor was cleaner on 395 of them; the average daily gap was 53 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chittoor peaks in October, while Karnal peaks in November. Chittoor logged 0% Severe days and 84.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chittoor 37 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chittoor has worsened by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2022 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chittoor reached AQI 348 at Gangineni Cheruvu (APPCB) on 2023-11-13; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Chittoor spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 72, max 72); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).