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

Jammu's smoke report

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The air over Jammu is almost still right now (under 3 km/h, 30 October, 08:15 IST), so smoke from the city's own sources and from nearby fires can build up instead of blowing away. 985 fires were seen within 250 km in the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST.

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.

north: 00north-east: 11east: 00south-east: 4242south: 348348south-west: 496496west: 8080north-west: 1818NESWcalm

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 Jammu

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 Jammu in the last 30 days

Fires around Jammu were at their highest on the latest day, 29 October, with 996 fire spots within 250 km, 19 of them within 50 km.

30 September: no data30 September1 October: 126 · 02 October: 183 · 03 October: 160 · 04 October: 173 · 05 October: 173 · 06 October: 263 · 17 October: 176 · 08 October: 116 · 09 October: 161 · 010 October: 204 · 011 October: 11 · 012 October: 153 · 013 October: 143 · 014 October: 199 · 015 October: 24 · 015 October16 October: 95 · 017 October: 326 · 118 October: 682 · 519 October: 490 · 420 October: 290 · 221 October: 426 · 322 October: 524 · 523 October: 595 · 924 October: 306 · 125 October: 421 · 326 October: 552 · 1327 October: 671 · 1528 October: 841 · 1529 October: 996 · 1929 October996

within 250 km   within 50 km

9,480fire spots within 250 km in the last 29 days
96of them within 50 km
95%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 Jammu: traffic, industry and power plants

Over the last 14 days the air over Jammu held 1.67 times the region's usual level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), #33 of 58 cities.

1×30 September: 1.67×1 October: 1.67×2 October: 1.69×5 October: 1.71×8 October: 1.73×11 October: 1.78×13 October: 1.71×16 October: 1.75×19 October: 1.81×22 October: 1.86×25 October: 1.72×27 October: 1.73×28 October: 1.67×30 September28 October

The strongest NO₂ peak within 35 km was 2.05 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

192 brick kilns stand within 50 km of Jammu. Their survey puts the smoke from the 133 it has figures for at about 33 tonnes of PM2.5 a day in the firing season.

8 brick kilns in one patch, 49 km west of the centre. Each oval is a kiln.
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
11%are the cleaner zigzag kind
#27 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 Jammu, but 22 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 Jammu

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 Jammu this season compared with past years

Fire spots within 250 km of Jammu 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: 10,07710,07720192020: 16,34716,34720202021: 10,01210,01220212022: 9,3749,37420222023: 4,5274,52720232024: 4,3724,37220242025: 3,7353,73520252026: 3,2493,249*2026 (so far)

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

Jammu 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 Jammu. 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 (985)#8 of 57
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days (9,480)#8 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days) (1.67×)#33 of 58
Brick kilns within 50 km (192)#27 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km (22)#53 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

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

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All the numbers

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Fires within 250 km by direction, last 24 hours
From theFires
north0
north-east1
east0
south-east42
south348
south-west496
west80
north-west18
Fires within 250 km in the last 7 days
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDistanceFiresOn farmland
Nankana SahibPunjabPakistan176 km62997%
OkaraPunjabPakistan237 km52398%
HafizabadPunjabPakistan147 km45398%
GujranwalaPunjabPakistan109 km40889%
Tarn TaranPunjabIndia159 km39997%
ShekhupuraPunjabPakistan138 km34794%
FaisalabadPunjabPakistan217 km24596%
AmritsarPunjabIndia106 km21495%
KasurPunjabPakistan200 km19893%
FirozpurPunjabIndia206 km18999%
Fires around Jammu this season compared with past years
SeasonFire spots
201910,077
202016,347
202110,012
20229,374
20234,527
20244,372
20253,735
2026 (so far)3,249 (1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor)
Every measure and rank

Where Jammu 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.

MeasureJammuRank
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days9,4808 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days)1.67×33 of 58
Landfill methane within 50 kmnone measured–
Measured plant CO₂ within 50 kmnone measured–
Brick kilns within 50 km19227 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km2253 of 58
Always-hot sites within 50 km0–
Ranks on today's fires

Jammu'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: 8 of 57
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 7 days: 9 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

Questions about Jammu's air

Where is Jammu's smoke coming from today?

The air over Jammu is almost still right now (under 3 km/h, 30 October, 08:15 IST), so smoke from the city's own sources and from nearby fires can build up instead of blowing away. 985 fires were seen within 250 km in the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST.

Are crop fires burning near Jammu?

In the last 24 hours NASA's satellites saw 985 fire spots within 250 km of Jammu, and 9,480 in the last 30 days. Satellites only see what is burning as they pass, and not under cloud.

How bad is traffic pollution in Jammu?

Over the 14 days 15 October to 28 October 2026, nitrogen dioxide in the air over Jammu (within 15 km) was about 1.67 times the usual level of the surrounding region, roughly 1.87 ×10¹⁵ molecules/cm². Of the 58 cities with enough clear days, it ranks 33.

How many brick kilns are there near Jammu?

The satellite surveys count 192 brick kilns within 50 km of Jammu.

Which landfills near Jammu release methane?

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

Nearby cities: Sialkot (41 km), Gujranwala (89 km), Amritsar (122 km), Lahore (140 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.