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

Ludhiana's smoke report

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Right now the wind over Ludhiana blows from the north-east at 3 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 08:15 IST). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST NASA's satellites saw 10 fires within 250 km upwind of Ludhiana, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 1,022 within 250 km in every direction. Most were in Ludhiana and Una. About 90% were on farmland, the pattern of crop-residue burning.

#7 of 58fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days#7 of 57fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours#14 of 58NO₂ over the city (traffic, industry, power plants), last 14 days#14 of 58industrial areas within 50 km

Ranks among the cities with pages here that have any of each: #1 has the most.

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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: 3333north-east: 55east: 55south-east: 33south: 2121south-west: 7676west: 487487north-west: 392392NESW

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 Ludhiana

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.

Fires10,794fire spots within 250 km in the last 29 days#7 of 58 citiesNO₂: traffic and industry2.65×times the region's usual NO₂, last 14 days#14 of 58 citiesBrick kilns540brick kilns within 50 km#19 of 34 citiesLandfills226kg of methane an hour measured from Bhoda#44 of 58 measured landfillsPower plants and industry1fossil-fuel power plant within 50 km, and 271 industrial areas#27 of 35 cities

Fires around Ludhiana in the last 30 days

Fires around Ludhiana were at their highest on the latest day, 29 October, with 1,034 fire spots within 250 km, 29 of them within 50 km.

30 September: no data30 September1 October: 144 · 12 October: 208 · 13 October: 180 · 14 October: 202 · 25 October: 188 · 06 October: 273 · 17 October: 222 · 08 October: 177 · 09 October: 262 · 210 October: 292 · 011 October: 7 · 012 October: 143 · 313 October: 139 · 014 October: 198 · 315 October: 38 · 015 October16 October: 118 · 017 October: 430 · 218 October: 755 · 519 October: 567 · 420 October: 340 · 321 October: 494 · 322 October: 562 · 723 October: 700 · 524 October: 350 · 225 October: 515 · 1126 October: 641 · 1427 October: 677 · 1328 October: 938 · 2729 October: 1,034 · 2929 October1,034

within 250 km   within 50 km

10,794fire spots within 250 km in the last 29 days
139of 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 Ludhiana: traffic, industry and power plants

Over the last 14 days the air over Ludhiana held 2.65 times the region's usual level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), #14 of 58 cities.

1×30 September: 2.2×1 October: 2.2×2 October: 2.28×5 October: 2.26×8 October: 2.26×11 October: 2.31×13 October: 2.39×16 October: 2.58×19 October: 2.59×22 October: 2.69×25 October: 2.95×27 October: 2.82×28 October: 2.65×30 September28 October

The strongest NO₂ peak within 35 km was 3.17 times the usual level, 13 km from the city centre in the built-up area of Ludhiana, 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

540 brick kilns stand within 50 km of Ludhiana.

7 brick kilns in one patch, 24 km east of the centre. Each oval is a kiln.
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
81%are the cleaner zigzag kind
#19 of 34 citiesby brick kilns within 50 km, among the cities the kiln surveys cover

Landfills

Satellites and aircraft have measured methane rising from Bhoda, 6 km from the centre, 3 times, about 226 kg an hour. That puts it #44 of the 58 measured landfills in Pakistan and India.

Bhoda from above, 6 km north-east of the centre
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
3methane plumes measured
17 May 2026last measured
1landfills and dump sites mapped within 50 km

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

1 fossil-fuel power plant and 271 industrial areas lie within 50 km of Ludhiana.

Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Station from above, 29 km north-east of the centre
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

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 Ludhiana

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 Ludhiana this season compared with past years

Fire spots within 250 km of Ludhiana 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: 19,30519,30520192020: 25,89825,89820202021: 15,75315,75320212022: 15,51615,51620222023: 7,8657,86520232024: 6,3316,33120242025: 4,7304,73020252026: 3,5833,583*2026 (so far)

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

Ludhiana 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 Ludhiana. 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 (1,022)#7 of 57
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days (10,794)#7 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days) (2.65×)#14 of 58
Brick kilns within 50 km (540)#19 of 34
Fossil-fuel power plants within 50 km (1)#27 of 35
Landfill methane within 50 km (226 kg/h)#31 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km (271)#14 of 58

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

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All the numbers

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Upwind districts, last 24 hours
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDirectionDistanceFires
LudhianaPunjabIndiaeast19 km4
UnaHimachal PradeshIndianorth-east67 km2
RupnagarPunjabIndianorth-east69 km2
Shahid Bhagat Singh NagarPunjabIndianorth-east38 km1
SolanHimachal PradeshIndiaeast75 km1
Fires within 250 km by direction, last 24 hours
From theFires
north33
north-east (the wind is coming from here)5
east5
south-east3
south21
south-west76
west487
north-west392
Fires within 250 km in the last 7 days
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDistanceFiresOn farmland
OkaraPunjabPakistan203 km1,01895%
Nankana SahibPunjabPakistan214 km61598%
GujranwalaPunjabPakistan225 km40290%
Tarn TaranPunjabIndia109 km39997%
ShekhupuraPunjabPakistan200 km34794%
AmritsarPunjabIndia138 km21495%
KasurPunjabPakistan171 km19893%
FaisalabadPunjabPakistan234 km19097%
FirozpurPunjabIndia122 km18999%
PakpattanPunjabPakistan236 km17291%
Fires around Ludhiana this season compared with past years
SeasonFire spots
201919,305
202025,898
202115,753
202215,516
20237,865
20246,331
20254,730
2026 (so far)3,583 (1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor)
Landfill methane records
SiteMethanePlumes seenLast seenRank
Bhoda (Ludhiana, India, 6 km)226 kg/h317 May 202644 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 Ludhiana 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.

MeasureLudhianaRank
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days10,7947 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days)2.65×14 of 58
Landfill methane within 50 km226 kg/h31 of 34
Measured plant CO₂ within 50 kmnone measured–
Brick kilns within 50 km54019 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km27114 of 58
Always-hot sites within 50 km0–
Ranks on today's fires

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

  • Fire spots upwind, last 24 hours: 19 of 34
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours: 7 of 57
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 7 days: 7 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

Questions about Ludhiana's air

Where is Ludhiana's smoke coming from today?

Right now the wind over Ludhiana blows from the north-east at 3 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 08:15 IST). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST NASA's satellites saw 10 fires within 250 km upwind of Ludhiana, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 1,022 within 250 km in every direction. Most were in Ludhiana and Una. About 90% were on farmland, the pattern of crop-residue burning.

Are crop fires burning near Ludhiana?

In the last 24 hours NASA's satellites saw 1,022 fire spots within 250 km of Ludhiana, and 10,794 in the last 30 days. Satellites only see what is burning as they pass, and not under cloud.

How bad is traffic pollution in Ludhiana?

Over the 14 days 15 October to 28 October 2026, nitrogen dioxide in the air over Ludhiana (within 15 km) was about 2.65 times the usual level of the surrounding region, roughly 3.6 ×10¹⁵ molecules/cm². Of the 58 cities with enough clear days, it ranks 14.

How many brick kilns are there near Ludhiana?

The satellite surveys count 540 brick kilns within 50 km of Ludhiana.

Which landfills near Ludhiana release methane?

Carbon Mapper has measured methane plumes from Bhoda (226 kg/h).

Every number on this page is also in machine-readable form (JSON).

More about Ludhiana

Nearby cities: Chandigarh (90 km), Amritsar (124 km), Lahore (161 km), Gujranwala (211 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.