Karnal vs Khanna
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Khanna.
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 Khanna averaged 102 — a 0-point (0%) gap, with Khanna the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 667 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 361 of them; the average daily gap was 31 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Khanna was 0% Severe and 61.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Khanna 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Khanna has worsened by 4 AQI points (4.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Khanna hit AQI 297 at Kalal Majra (PPCB) on 2023-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Khanna spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 100, max 100).