Karnal vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Rāichūr.
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 Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 4-point (4%) gap, with Rāichūr the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 958 days when both cities reported, Rāichūr was cleaner on 565 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karnal peaks in November, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).