Karnal vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 25-point (25%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1326 days when both cities reported, Tālcher was cleaner on 731 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karnal peaks in November, while Tālcher peaks in December. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).