Karnal vs Korba
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Korba.
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 Korba averaged 67 — a 35-point (52%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 668 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 443 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karnal peaks in November, while Korba peaks in January. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Korba was 0% Severe and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Korba 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Korba hit AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Korba spans 2 stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75).