Chandigarh's air today: where the smoke is coming from
Chandigarh's smoke report
Right now the wind over Chandigarh blows from the north-east at 4 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 08:15 IST). None of the 448 fires seen within 250 km in the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST lie upwind, so the wind is not carrying their smoke here right now.
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.
Fires within 250 km in the last 24 hours, by direction. Red: the side the wind is coming from (the north-east). Tap a direction to pick out its fires on the map.
What satellites see around Chandigarh
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 Chandigarh in the last 30 days
Fires around Chandigarh were at their highest on the latest day, 29 October, with 466 fire spots within 250 km, 5 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 Chandigarh: traffic, industry and power plants
Over the last 14 days the air over Chandigarh held 2.79 times the region's usual level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), #10 of 58 cities.
The strongest NO₂ peak within 35 km was 3.31 times the usual level, 10 km from the city centre in the built-up area of Chandigarh, the pattern of traffic.
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
317 brick kilns stand within 50 km of Chandigarh.
Landfills
Satellites and aircraft have measured methane rising from Dadu Majra, 5 km from the centre, 1 times, about 6 kg an hour. That puts it #58 of the 58 measured landfills in Pakistan and India.
Rank among the 58 landfill records with a measured rate in Carbon Mapper's data for Pakistan and India (this extract covers only these two countries). Rates are Carbon Mapper's automatic per-plume estimates; landfill methane also carries the smell and smoke of burning rubbish.
Power plants and industry
2 fossil-fuel power plants and 371 industrial areas lie within 50 km of Chandigarh. Carbon Mapper has measured CO₂ plumes from 1 plant here, about 625 tonnes an hour. The largest, Rajpura Thermal Power Plant, can generate 1,400 MW.
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 Chandigarh
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 Chandigarh this season compared with past years
Fire spots within 250 km of Chandigarh 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
Chandigarh 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 Chandigarh. 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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Chandigarh air today: where the smoke is coming from
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All the numbers
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Fires within 250 km by direction, last 24 hours
| From the | Fires |
|---|---|
| north | 1 |
| north-east (the wind is coming from here) | 0 |
| east | 0 |
| south-east | 0 |
| south | 0 |
| south-west | 23 |
| west | 275 |
| north-west | 149 |
Fires within 250 km in the last 7 days
| District | Province or state | Country | Distance | Fires | On farmland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarn Taran | Punjab | India | 197 km | 399 | 97% |
| Amritsar | Punjab | India | 218 km | 214 | 95% |
| Firozpur | Punjab | India | 210 km | 189 | 99% |
| Kapurthala | Punjab | India | 161 km | 162 | 93% |
| Gurdaspur | Punjab | India | 194 km | 154 | 97% |
| Kasur | Punjab | Pakistan | 235 km | 80 | 93% |
| Jalandhar | Punjab | India | 137 km | 64 | 95% |
| Patiala | Punjab | India | 50 km | 62 | 97% |
| Bathinda | Punjab | India | 173 km | 61 | 95% |
| Narowal | Punjab | Pakistan | 230 km | 54 | 94% |
Fires around Chandigarh this season compared with past years
| Season | Fire spots |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 17,605 |
| 2020 | 22,921 |
| 2021 | 11,640 |
| 2022 | 13,091 |
| 2023 | 5,746 |
| 2024 | 2,937 |
| 2025 | 1,560 |
| 2026 (so far) | 1,360 (1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor) |
Landfill methane records
| Site | Methane | Plumes seen | Last seen | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadu Majra (Chandigarh, India, 5 km) | 6 kg/h | 1 | 23 November 2025 | 58 of 58 |
Rank among the 58 landfill records with a measured rate in Carbon Mapper's data for Pakistan and India (this extract covers only these two countries). Rates are Carbon Mapper's automatic per-plume estimates; landfill methane also carries the smell and smoke of burning rubbish.
Every measure and rank
Where Chandigarh 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 | Chandigarh | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days | 4,428 | 15 of 58 |
| NO₂, times the usual level (14 days) | 2.79× | 10 of 58 |
| Landfill methane within 50 km | 6 kg/h | 34 of 34 |
| Measured plant CO₂ within 50 km | 625 t/h | 9 of 22 |
| Brick kilns within 50 km | 317 | 23 of 34 |
| Industrial areas within 50 km | 371 | 9 of 58 |
| Always-hot sites within 50 km | 0 | – |
Ranks on today's fires
Chandigarh's place among the cities, on the numbers that change with each satellite pass.
- Fire spots upwind, last 24 hours: 0
- Fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours: 13 of 57
- Fire spots within 250 km, last 7 days: 14 of 58
All the rankings: city rankings
Questions about Chandigarh's air
Where is Chandigarh's smoke coming from today?
Right now the wind over Chandigarh blows from the north-east at 4 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 08:15 IST). None of the 448 fires seen within 250 km in the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST lie upwind, so the wind is not carrying their smoke here right now.
Are crop fires burning near Chandigarh?
In the last 24 hours NASA's satellites saw 448 fire spots within 250 km of Chandigarh, and 4,428 in the last 30 days. Satellites only see what is burning as they pass, and not under cloud.
How bad is traffic pollution in Chandigarh?
Over the 14 days 15 October to 28 October 2026, nitrogen dioxide in the air over Chandigarh (within 15 km) was about 2.79 times the usual level of the surrounding region, roughly 3.67 ×10¹⁵ molecules/cm². Of the 58 cities with enough clear days, it ranks 10.
How many brick kilns are there near Chandigarh?
The satellite surveys count 317 brick kilns within 50 km of Chandigarh.
Which landfills near Chandigarh release methane?
Carbon Mapper has measured methane plumes from Dadu Majra (6 kg/h).
Every number on this page is also in machine-readable form (JSON).
More about Chandigarh
Nearby cities: Ludhiana (90 km), Dehradun (129 km), Amritsar (207 km), Meerut (214 km)
Fires up to 30 October, 04:18 IST. 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.