Karnal vs Noida
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Noida.
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 Noida averaged 182 — a 80-point (78%) gap, with Noida the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1678 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 1543 of them; the average daily gap was 96 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; Noida was 8.9% Severe and 16.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Noida 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Noida has improved by 79 AQI points (30.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Noida hit AQI 500 at Sector-1 (UPPCB) on 2019-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Noida spans 4 stations with a 15-point spread (min 195, max 210).