Karnal vs Pratapgarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Pratapgarh.
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 Pratapgarh averaged 93 — a 9-point (10%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Pratapgarh the cleaner of the two. On 593 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 313 of them; the average daily gap was 41 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; Pratapgarh was 0% Severe and 59.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Pratapgarh 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Pratapgarh has improved by 10 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; Pratapgarh hit AQI 314 at Pragati Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-12-25.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Pratapgarh spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).