Karnal vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 17-point (17%) gap, with Sawāi Mādhopur the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 562 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 367 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; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).