Karnal vs Ratlam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Ratlam.
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 Ratlam averaged 113 — a 11-point (11%) gap, with Ratlam the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1775 days when both cities reported, Ratlam was cleaner on 1077 of them; the average daily gap was 51 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; Ratlam was 0% Severe and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Ratlam 59 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Ratlam hit AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Ratlam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103).