Abbottabad's air today: where the smoke is coming from
Abbottabad's smoke report
The air over Abbottabad is almost still right now (under 3 km/h, 30 October, 07:45 PKT), so smoke from the city's own sources and from nearby fires can build up instead of blowing away. 259 fires were seen within 250 km in the 24 hours to 30 October, 03:48 PKT.
Ranks among the cities with pages here that have any of each: #1 has the most.
Map of the fires around the city, last 24 hours
Each dot is one fire a NASA satellite saw. The wind is calm, so there is no upwind side: smoke from fires on every side can drift in and settle over the city. Red dots are likely crop burning, brown dots other fires. Tap a dot for the village and the time.
Fires within 250 km in the last 24 hours, by direction. The wind is calm, so no side is upwind. Tap a direction to pick out its fires on the map.
What satellites see around Abbottabad
What satellites and surveys see around the city. Each is a different measure, so they can't be added up into shares of the air.
Fires around Abbottabad in the last 30 days
Fires around Abbottabad were at their highest on the latest day, 29 October, with 261 fire spots within 250 km, 9 of them within 50 km.
within 250 km within 50 km
A fire spot is one fire seen on a day, however many satellites saw it (Pakistan-time days). The archive runs every day from 1 October 2026; before that it holds only the October-November seasons.
NO₂ pollution in Abbottabad: traffic, industry and power plants
Over the last 14 days the air over Abbottabad held 1.14 times the region's usual level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), #56 of 58 cities.
The strongest NO₂ peak within 35 km was 2.12 times the usual level, 34 km from the city centre, near a road or rail corridor (Islamabad).
From Sentinel-5P's TROPOMI instrument via NASA's GIBS tiles, which publish NO₂ as colour bands: a level here is good to about one band. NO₂ in big cities comes mostly from vehicle engines; peaks are named after what is nearby, which suggests a source but doesn't measure one. NO₂ window 15 October to 28 October 2026.
Brick kilns
48 brick kilns stand within 50 km of Abbottabad. Their survey puts the smoke from the 39 it has figures for at about 10 tonnes of PM2.5 a day in the firing season.
Power plants and industry
No fossil-fuel power plant is mapped within 50 km of Abbottabad, but 20 industrial areas are. Carbon Mapper has measured CO₂ plumes from 2 plants here, about 108 tonnes an hour.
Within 50 km of the city centre, on either side of the border. These are lists of what is there, not measures of how much each adds to the air.
Every mapped source within 50 km of Abbottabad
Tap a layer to hide it, or a site for its name.
Brick-kiln surveys, OpenStreetMap, Carbon Mapper and NASA FIRMS, on either side of the border. These map what is there, not how much each adds to the air. /sites/ · Site lists built 26 October 2026.
Fires around Abbottabad this season compared with past years
Fire spots within 250 km of Abbottabad from 1 October to 29 October, each year. These count Suomi NPP alone, so every year is measured by the same instrument and the years compare fairly (the 30-day chart above counts all five satellites, three VIIRS and two MODIS, so its numbers are higher).
* 2026: 1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor
Abbottabad against the other cities
Each strip holds the cities with pages here that have any of it, the most on the left; the red mark is Abbottabad. They are different measures, so a high rank on one isn't a larger share of the air than a high rank on another.
All the rankings: city rankings
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Abbottabad air today: where the smoke is coming from
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Fires within 250 km by direction, last 24 hours
| From the | Fires |
|---|---|
| north | 0 |
| north-east | 2 |
| east | 1 |
| south-east | 34 |
| south | 184 |
| south-west | 26 |
| west | 6 |
| north-west | 6 |
Fires within 250 km in the last 7 days
| District | Province or state | Country | Distance | Fires | On farmland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hafizabad | Punjab | Pakistan | 235 km | 363 | 99% |
| Gujranwala | Punjab | Pakistan | 228 km | 273 | 85% |
| Mandi Bahauddin | Punjab | Pakistan | 196 km | 147 | 89% |
| Sialkot | Punjab | Pakistan | 230 km | 85 | 89% |
| Sargodha | Punjab | Pakistan | 222 km | 67 | 97% |
| Khushab | Punjab | Pakistan | 199 km | 49 | 18% |
| Mianwali | Punjab | Pakistan | 216 km | 44 | 23% |
| Chakwal | Punjab | Pakistan | 161 km | 39 | 5% |
| Attock | Punjab | Pakistan | 115 km | 36 | 22% |
| Jammu | Jammu and Kashmir | India | 208 km | 27 | 96% |
Fires around Abbottabad this season compared with past years
| Season | Fire spots |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 658 |
| 2020 | 1,655 |
| 2021 | 1,612 |
| 2022 | 993 |
| 2023 | 725 |
| 2024 | 1,084 |
| 2025 | 1,034 |
| 2026 (so far) | 926 (1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor) |
Every measure and rank
Where Abbottabad stands among the 58 cities with pages here, on each measure. They are different measures, so a high rank on one isn't a larger share of the air than a high rank on another.
| Measure | Abbottabad | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days | 2,476 | 25 of 58 |
| NO₂, times the usual level (14 days) | 1.14× | 56 of 58 |
| Landfill methane within 50 km | none measured | – |
| Measured plant CO₂ within 50 km | 108 t/h | 17 of 22 |
| Brick kilns within 50 km | 48 | 30 of 34 |
| Industrial areas within 50 km | 20 | 55 of 58 |
| Always-hot sites within 50 km | 0 | – |
Ranks on today's fires
Abbottabad's place among the cities, on the numbers that change with each satellite pass.
- Fire spots upwind, last 24 hours: calm wind, no upwind direction
- Fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours: 14 of 57
- Fire spots within 250 km, last 7 days: 23 of 58
All the rankings: city rankings
Questions about Abbottabad's air
Where is Abbottabad's smoke coming from today?
The air over Abbottabad is almost still right now (under 3 km/h, 30 October, 07:45 PKT), so smoke from the city's own sources and from nearby fires can build up instead of blowing away. 259 fires were seen within 250 km in the 24 hours to 30 October, 03:48 PKT.
Are crop fires burning near Abbottabad?
In the last 24 hours NASA's satellites saw 259 fire spots within 250 km of Abbottabad, and 2,476 in the last 30 days. Satellites only see what is burning as they pass, and not under cloud.
How bad is traffic pollution in Abbottabad?
Over the 14 days 15 October to 28 October 2026, nitrogen dioxide in the air over Abbottabad (within 15 km) was about 1.14 times the usual level of the surrounding region, roughly 1.26 ×10¹⁵ molecules/cm². Of the 58 cities with enough clear days, it ranks 56.
How many brick kilns are there near Abbottabad?
The satellite surveys count 48 brick kilns within 50 km of Abbottabad.
Which landfills near Abbottabad release methane?
Carbon Mapper hasn't measured a methane plume from a landfill within 50 km of Abbottabad. Its overpasses are occasional, so that isn't proof there are none.
Every number on this page is also in machine-readable form (JSON).
More about Abbottabad
- Abbottabad on the live map
- Fires in Abbottabad district, every season since 2019
- Daily fire pages
- Fire trends
- All cities
Nearby cities: Islamabad (55 km), Rawalpindi (66 km), Srinagar (145 km), Peshawar (152 km)
Fires up to 30 October, 03:48 PKT. This page updates every 15 minutes. Upwind is a guide, not proof: smoke can travel further than 250 km, the wind turns during the day, and satellites can't see fires under cloud. A fire spot is one fire, about 375 m across, however many satellites saw it. Fires: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS and MODIS). Wind: Open-Meteo's weather model. Air: Copernicus CAMS model estimates, which read low in winter.