Gummidipoondi vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gummidipoondi 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, Gummidipoondi averaged an AQI of 107 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 5-point (5%) gap, with Gummidipoondi the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 959 days when both cities reported, Gummidipoondi was cleaner on 481 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Gummidipoondi logged 0% Severe days and 59.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gummidipoondi 49 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gummidipoondi has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.1%) from 2021 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gummidipoondi reached AQI 326 at Anthoni Pillai Nagar (TNPCB) on 2023-12-22; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Gummidipoondi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).