Gaya vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gaya 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, Gaya averaged an AQI of 110 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 8-point (8%) gap, with Gaya the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1959 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 1284 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gaya peaks in January, while Karnal peaks in November. Gaya logged 1.7% Severe days and 32% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gaya 52 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gaya has improved by 89 AQI points (44.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gaya reached AQI 500 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-10-15; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Gaya spans 3 CPCB stations with a 85-point spread (min 88, max 173); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).