Hapur vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Hapur 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, Hapur averaged an AQI of 142 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 40-point (39%) gap, with Hapur the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1810 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 1155 of them; the average daily gap was 50 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Hapur logged 1.9% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Hapur 55 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Hapur has improved by 197 AQI points (58.1%) from 2018 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Hapur reached AQI 477 at Anand Vihar (UPPCB) on 2019-10-31; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Hapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 159, max 159); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).