Karnal vs Nalbāri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Nalbāri.
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 Nalbāri averaged 129 — a 27-point (26%) gap, with Nalbāri the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 631 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 388 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karnal peaks in November, while Nalbāri peaks in January. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Nalbāri was 0% Severe and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Nalbāri 18 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Nalbāri has improved by 72 AQI points (35.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Nalbāri hit AQI 384 at Bata Chowk (PCBA) on 2024-01-08.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Nalbāri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141).