Karnal vs Karur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Karur.
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, Karnal averaged an AQI of 102 while Karur averaged 71 — a 31-point (44%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Karur the cleaner of the two. On 69 days when both cities reported, Karur was cleaner on 59 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karnal peaks in November, while Karur peaks in December. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Karur was 0% Severe and 80.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Karur 34 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Karur hit AQI 149 at Kamadenu Nagar (TNPCB) on 2024-11-26.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Karur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 71, max 71).