Karnal vs Madurai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Madurai.
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 Madurai averaged 48 — a 54-point (113%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Madurai the cleaner of the two. On 67 days when both cities reported, Madurai was cleaner on 66 of them; the average daily gap was 115 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karnal peaks in November, while Madurai peaks in December. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Madurai was 0% Severe and 98.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Madurai 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Madurai hit AQI 105 at Uchapatti (TNPCB) on 2024-11-26.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Madurai spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 48, max 48).