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Bahawalpur's air today: where the smoke is coming from

Bahawalpur's smoke report

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Right now the wind over Bahawalpur blows from the east at 7 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 07:45 PKT). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 03:48 PKT NASA's satellites saw 313 fires within 250 km upwind of Bahawalpur, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 661 within 250 km in every direction. The largest numbers were in Pakpattan and Bahawalnagar. About 95% were on farmland, the pattern of crop-residue burning.

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. Red dots are upwind, in the direction the wind is coming from, so their smoke is the likeliest to be reaching the city now; grey dots are in other directions. The moving lines show the wind blowing towards the city. Tap a dot for the village and the time.

north: 191191north-east: 297297east: 3737south-east: 44south: 44south-west: 1717west: 2525north-west: 8686NESW

Fires within 250 km in the last 24 hours, by direction. Red: the side the wind is coming from (the east). Tap a direction to pick out its fires on the map.

What satellites see around Bahawalpur

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 Bahawalpur in the last 30 days

Fires around Bahawalpur were at their highest on the latest day, 29 October, with 674 fire spots within 250 km, 22 of them within 50 km.

30 September: no data30 September1 October: 23 · 02 October: 70 · 23 October: 66 · 14 October: 81 · 15 October: 61 · 06 October: 106 · 07 October: 154 · 08 October: 150 · 09 October: 141 · 110 October: 180 · 011 October: 37 · 512 October: 22 · 213 October: 33 · 314 October: 68 · 115 October: 68 · 315 October16 October: 171 · 717 October: 212 · 718 October: 305 · 619 October: 289 · 320 October: 197 · 321 October: 347 · 422 October: 334 · 323 October: 556 · 1224 October: 456 · 1925 October: 460 · 1426 October: 420 · 727 October: 514 · 2028 October: 524 · 1329 October: 674 · 2229 October674

within 250 km   within 50 km

6,719fire spots within 250 km in the last 29 days
159of them within 50 km
96%of the last 7 days' fires within 250 km were on farmland, the pattern of crop-residue burning

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 Bahawalpur: traffic, industry and power plants

Over the last 14 days the air over Bahawalpur held 1.15 times the region's usual level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), #55 of 58 cities.

1×30 September: 1.22×1 October: 1.23×2 October: 1.22×5 October: 1.17×8 October: 1.15×11 October: 1.18×13 October: 1.16×16 October: 1.13×19 October: 1.13×22 October: 1.16×25 October: 1.15×27 October: 1.15×28 October: 1.15×30 September28 October

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

693 brick kilns stand within 50 km of Bahawalpur.

8 brick kilns in one patch, 37 km south-west of the centre. Each oval is a kiln.
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
1%are the cleaner zigzag kind
#15 of 34 citiesby brick kilns within 50 km, among the cities the kiln surveys cover

Power plants and industry

No fossil-fuel power plant is mapped within 50 km of Bahawalpur, but 76 industrial areas are.

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 Bahawalpur

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 Bahawalpur this season compared with past years

Fire spots within 250 km of Bahawalpur 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).

2019: 1,6231,62320192020: 1,9631,96320202021: 2,2942,29420212022: 1,5651,56520222023: 1,6271,62720232024: 2,4832,48320242025: 2,5032,50320252026: 2,2572,257*2026 (so far)

* 2026: 1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor

Bahawalpur 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 Bahawalpur. They are different measures, so a high rank on one isn't a larger share of the air than a high rank on another.

Fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours (661)#10 of 57
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days (6,719)#12 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days) (1.15×)#55 of 58
Brick kilns within 50 km (693)#15 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km (76)#33 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

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Bahawalpur: the last 24 hours of fires within 250 km and the wind

Bahawalpur air today: where the smoke is coming from
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All the numbers

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Upwind districts, last 24 hours
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDirectionDistanceFires
PakpattanPunjabPakistannorth-east183 km82
BahawalnagarPunjabPakistannorth-east164 km74
OkaraPunjabPakistannorth-east234 km72
VehariPunjabPakistannorth-east130 km31
SahiwalPunjabPakistannorth-east165 km24
FaisalabadPunjabPakistannorth-east229 km9
BahawalpurPunjabPakistannorth-east75 km6
HanumangarhRajasthanIndiaeast232 km5
GanganagarRajasthanIndiaeast195 km4
FazilkaPunjabIndiaeast235 km3
PunjabPunjabPakistannorth-east238 km2
Toba Tek SinghPunjabPakistannorth-east164 km1
Fires within 250 km by direction, last 24 hours
From theFires
north191
north-east297
east (the wind is coming from here)37
south-east4
south4
south-west17
west25
north-west86
Fires within 250 km in the last 7 days
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDistanceFiresOn farmland
OkaraPunjabPakistan234 km53192%
KhanewalPunjabPakistan126 km48998%
Dera Ghazi KhanPunjabPakistan153 km48899%
JhangPunjabPakistan206 km44299%
PakpattanPunjabPakistan186 km43294%
BahawalnagarPunjabPakistan160 km34596%
VehariPunjabPakistan123 km21396%
SahiwalPunjabPakistan180 km14999%
RajanpurPunjabPakistan129 km14596%
LayyahPunjabPakistan183 km10598%
Fires around Bahawalpur this season compared with past years
SeasonFire spots
20191,623
20201,963
20212,294
20221,565
20231,627
20242,483
20252,503
2026 (so far)2,257 (1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor)
Every measure and rank

Where Bahawalpur 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.

MeasureBahawalpurRank
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days6,71912 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days)1.15×55 of 58
Landfill methane within 50 kmnone measured–
Measured plant CO₂ within 50 kmnone measured–
Brick kilns within 50 km69315 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km7633 of 58
Always-hot sites within 50 km0–
Ranks on today's fires

Bahawalpur's place among the cities, on the numbers that change with each satellite pass.

  • Fire spots upwind, last 24 hours: 4 of 34
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours: 10 of 57
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 7 days: 10 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

Questions about Bahawalpur's air

Where is Bahawalpur's smoke coming from today?

Right now the wind over Bahawalpur blows from the east at 7 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 07:45 PKT). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 03:48 PKT NASA's satellites saw 313 fires within 250 km upwind of Bahawalpur, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 661 within 250 km in every direction. The largest numbers were in Pakpattan and Bahawalnagar. About 95% were on farmland, the pattern of crop-residue burning.

Are crop fires burning near Bahawalpur?

In the last 24 hours NASA's satellites saw 661 fire spots within 250 km of Bahawalpur, and 6,719 in the last 30 days. Satellites only see what is burning as they pass, and not under cloud.

How bad is traffic pollution in Bahawalpur?

Over the 14 days 15 October to 28 October 2026, nitrogen dioxide in the air over Bahawalpur (within 15 km) was about 1.15 times the usual level of the surrounding region, roughly 1.81 ×10¹⁵ molecules/cm². Of the 58 cities with enough clear days, it ranks 55.

How many brick kilns are there near Bahawalpur?

The satellite surveys count 693 brick kilns within 50 km of Bahawalpur.

Which landfills near Bahawalpur release methane?

Carbon Mapper hasn't measured a methane plume from a landfill within 50 km of Bahawalpur. 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 Bahawalpur

Nearby cities: Multan (92 km), Faisalabad (262 km), Sargodha (313 km), Sukkur (334 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.