Karnal vs Kāshīpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Kāshīpur.
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 Kāshīpur averaged 106 — a 4-point (4%) gap, with Kāshīpur the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 537 days when both cities reported, Kāshīpur was cleaner on 279 of them; the average daily gap was 42 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karnal peaks in November, while Kāshīpur peaks in January. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kāshīpur was 0% Severe and 58.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Kāshīpur 47 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Kāshīpur has worsened by 14 AQI points (15.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Kāshīpur hit AQI 327 at Govt Girls Inter College (UKPCB) on 2024-01-19.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Kāshīpur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 101, max 101).