Karnal vs Sirsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Sirsa.
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 Sirsa averaged 115 — a 13-point (13%) gap, with Sirsa the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1559 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 828 of them; the average daily gap was 46 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; Sirsa was 0.5% Severe and 41.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Sirsa 40 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Sirsa has improved by 48 AQI points (29.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Sirsa hit AQI 462 at F-Block (HSPCB) on 2019-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Sirsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).