Karnal vs Nanded
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Nanded.
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 Nanded averaged 102 — a 0-point (0%) gap, with Nanded the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 449 days when both cities reported, Nanded was cleaner on 249 of them; the average daily gap was 44 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; Nanded was 0% Severe and 52.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Nanded 15 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Nanded has worsened by 9 AQI points (9.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Nanded hit AQI 282 at Sneh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Nanded spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99).