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

Dehradun's smoke report

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Right now the wind over Dehradun blows from the east at 8 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 08:15 IST). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST NASA's satellites saw 25 fires within 250 km upwind of Dehradun, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 76 within 250 km in every direction. Most were in Udham Singh Nagar and Rampur. Nearly all 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: 00north-east: 00east: 00south-east: 2525south: 00south-west: 00west: 3737north-west: 1414NESW

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 Dehradun

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 Dehradun in the last 30 days

The busiest of the last 29 days was 28 October, with 208 fire spots within 250 km, 2 of them within 50 km.

30 September: no data30 September1 October: 29 · 02 October: 30 · 03 October: 23 · 04 October: 28 · 05 October: 19 · 06 October: 26 · 07 October: 23 · 08 October: 27 · 09 October: 28 · 010 October: 21 · 011 October: 19 · 012 October: 13 · 013 October: 4 · 014 October: 54 · 015 October: 14 · 015 October16 October: 6 · 017 October: 47 · 018 October: 80 · 019 October: 120 · 1320 October: 88 · 021 October: 73 · 022 October: 76 · 023 October: 117 · 824 October: 129 · 025 October: 162 · 126 October: 156 · 127 October: 127 · 228 October: 208 · 229 October: 91 · 029 October208

within 250 km   within 50 km

1,838fire spots within 250 km in the last 29 days
27of them within 50 km
90%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 Dehradun: traffic, industry and power plants

Over the last 14 days the air over Dehradun held 1.37 times the region's usual level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), #44 of 58 cities.

1×30 September: 1.39×1 October: 1.37×2 October: 1.34×5 October: 1.43×8 October: 1.43×11 October: 1.31×13 October: 1.31×16 October: 1.42×19 October: 1.37×22 October: 1.42×25 October: 1.53×27 October: 1.55×28 October: 1.37×30 September28 October

The strongest NO₂ peak within 35 km was 1.66 times the usual level, in the city itself, the pattern of a city's 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

16 brick kilns stand within 50 km of Dehradun.

8 brick kilns in one patch, 33 km south-west of the centre. Each oval is a kiln.
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
25%are the cleaner zigzag kind
#32 of 34 citiesby brick kilns within 50 km, among the cities the kiln surveys cover

Landfills

Carbon Mapper hasn't measured a methane plume from a landfill within 50 km of Dehradun, but 2 landfills and dump sites are mapped there.

Power plants and industry

No fossil-fuel power plant is mapped within 50 km of Dehradun, but 95 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 Dehradun

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 Dehradun this season compared with past years

Fire spots within 250 km of Dehradun 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: 8,4868,48620192020: 9,5689,56820202021: 5,4545,45420212022: 6,1716,17120222023: 3,2993,29920232024: 1,7321,73220242025: 92292220252026: 559559*2026 (so far)

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

Dehradun 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 Dehradun. 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 (76)#21 of 57
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days (1,838)#33 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days) (1.37×)#44 of 58
Brick kilns within 50 km (16)#32 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km (95)#29 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

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

Dehradun 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
Udham Singh NagarUttarakhandIndiasouth-east217 km22
RampurUttar PradeshIndiasouth-east198 km2
BareillyUttar PradeshIndiasouth-east212 km1
Fires within 250 km by direction, last 24 hours
From theFires
north0
north-east0
east (the wind is coming from here)0
south-east25
south0
south-west0
west37
north-west14
Fires within 250 km in the last 7 days
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDistanceFiresOn farmland
Udham Singh NagarUttarakhandIndia220 km33198%
PatialaPunjabIndia150 km6297%
Fatehgarh SahibPunjabIndia156 km5296%
RampurUttar PradeshIndia195 km51100%
AjitgarhPunjabIndia125 km4195%
LudhianaPunjabIndia210 km3683%
SambhalUttar PradeshIndia201 km2580%
JhajjarHaryanaIndia212 km2383%
FaridabadHaryanaIndia233 km2313%
SangrurPunjabIndia210 km22100%
Fires around Dehradun this season compared with past years
SeasonFire spots
20198,486
20209,568
20215,454
20226,171
20233,299
20241,732
2025922
2026 (so far)559 (1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor)
Every measure and rank

Where Dehradun 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.

MeasureDehradunRank
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days1,83833 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days)1.37×44 of 58
Landfill methane within 50 kmnone measured–
Measured plant CO₂ within 50 kmnone measured–
Brick kilns within 50 km1632 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km9529 of 58
Always-hot sites within 50 km0–
Ranks on today's fires

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

  • Fire spots upwind, last 24 hours: 6 of 34
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours: 21 of 57
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 7 days: 29 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

Questions about Dehradun's air

Where is Dehradun's smoke coming from today?

Right now the wind over Dehradun blows from the east at 8 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 08:15 IST). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST NASA's satellites saw 25 fires within 250 km upwind of Dehradun, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 76 within 250 km in every direction. Most were in Udham Singh Nagar and Rampur. Nearly all were on farmland, the pattern of crop-residue burning.

Are crop fires burning near Dehradun?

In the last 24 hours NASA's satellites saw 76 fire spots within 250 km of Dehradun, and 1,838 in the last 30 days. Satellites only see what is burning as they pass, and not under cloud.

How bad is traffic pollution in Dehradun?

Over the 14 days 15 October to 28 October 2026, nitrogen dioxide in the air over Dehradun (within 15 km) was about 1.37 times the usual level of the surrounding region, roughly 1.96 ×10¹⁵ molecules/cm². Of the 58 cities with enough clear days, it ranks 44.

How many brick kilns are there near Dehradun?

The satellite surveys count 16 brick kilns within 50 km of Dehradun.

Which landfills near Dehradun release methane?

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

Nearby cities: Chandigarh (129 km), Meerut (151 km), Ghaziabad (192 km), Delhi (205 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.