Karur vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Karur and Varanasi.
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, Karur averaged an AQI of 71 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 15-point (27%) gap, with Karur the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 71 days when both cities reported, Karur was cleaner on 52 of them; the average daily gap was 41 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Karur peaks in December, while Varanasi peaks in January. Karur logged 0% Severe days and 80.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Karur 34 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Karur reached AQI 149 at Kamadenu Nagar (TNPCB) on 2024-11-26; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Karur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 71, max 71); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).