Karnal vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 19-point (23%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 565 days when both cities reported, Karnal was cleaner on 285 of them; the average daily gap was 61 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).