Karnal vs Thanjavur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Thanjavur.
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 Thanjavur averaged 42 — a 60-point (143%) gap, with Karnal the more polluted and Thanjavur the cleaner of the two. On 63 days when both cities reported, Thanjavur was cleaner on 63 of them; the average daily gap was 122 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; Thanjavur was 0% Severe and 98.60000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Thanjavur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Thanjavur hit AQI 140 at Parisutham Nagar (TNPCB) on 2024-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Thanjavur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 42, max 42).