Kaithal vs Karnal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal 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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Karnal averaged 102 — a 24-point (24%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1893 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 1136 of them; the average daily gap was 38 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karnal was 0.1% Severe and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Karnal 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Karnal hit AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Karnal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128).