Kaithal vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Sonipat.
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 Sonipat averaged 134 — a 8-point (6%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Kaithal the cleaner of the two. On 1640 days when both cities reported, Kaithal was cleaner on 1165 of them; the average daily gap was 45 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; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).