Karnal vs Raipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Raipur.
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 Raipur averaged 74 — a 28-point (38%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Raipur the cleaner of the two. On 686 days when both cities reported, Raipur was cleaner on 368 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; Raipur was 0% Severe and 54.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Raipur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Raipur has improved by 64 AQI points (46.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Raipur hit AQI 226 at AIIMS (CECB) on 2023-12-26.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Raipur spans 4 stations with a 42-point spread (min 63, max 105).