Karnal vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Ooty.
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 Ooty averaged 58 — a 44-point (76%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 578 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 467 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karnal peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).