Karnal vs Visakhapatnam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karnal and Visakhapatnam.
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 Visakhapatnam averaged 110 — a 8-point (8%) gap, with Visakhapatnam the more polluted and Karnal the cleaner of the two. On 1846 days when both cities reported, Visakhapatnam was cleaner on 960 of them; the average daily gap was 62 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karnal peaks in November, while Visakhapatnam peaks in January. Karnal logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Visakhapatnam was 0% Severe and 50.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karnal 53 days, Visakhapatnam 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
Karnal has improved by 71 AQI points (41%) from 2019 to 2024; Visakhapatnam has worsened by 15 AQI points (15.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Karnal reached AQI 456 at Sector-12 (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Visakhapatnam hit AQI 341 at GVM Corporation (APPCB) on 2019-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Karnal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 128, max 128); Visakhapatnam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).