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

Multan's smoke report

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Right now the wind over Multan blows from the north-east at 5 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 07:45 PKT). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 03:48 PKT NASA's satellites saw 655 fires within 250 km upwind of Multan, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 895 within 250 km in every direction. The largest numbers were in Okara and Jhang. About 97% 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: 2424north-east: 338338east: 345345south-east: 1212south: 3333south-west: 3030west: 4444north-west: 6969NESW

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 Multan

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 Multan in the last 30 days

Fires around Multan were at their highest on the latest day, 29 October, with 913 fire spots within 250 km, 33 of them within 50 km.

30 September: no data30 September1 October: 39 · 02 October: 74 · 43 October: 67 · 44 October: 109 · 65 October: 97 · 26 October: 126 · 17 October: 139 · 08 October: 187 · 69 October: 203 · 410 October: 239 · 711 October: 33 · 912 October: 31 · 213 October: 37 · 414 October: 93 · 615 October: 78 · 315 October16 October: 187 · 717 October: 265 · 1218 October: 376 · 719 October: 366 · 520 October: 250 · 1821 October: 423 · 1722 October: 456 · 1623 October: 781 · 3224 October: 550 · 3925 October: 588 · 2426 October: 517 · 2227 October: 656 · 2928 October: 708 · 3329 October: 913 · 3329 October913

within 250 km   within 50 km

8,588fire spots within 250 km in the last 29 days
352of them within 50 km
97%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 Multan: traffic, industry and power plants

Over the last 14 days the air over Multan held 1.99 times the region's usual level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), #26 of 58 cities.

1×30 September: 1.7×1 October: 1.7×2 October: 1.72×5 October: 1.73×8 October: 1.77×11 October: 1.81×13 October: 1.87×16 October: 1.82×19 October: 1.8×22 October: 1.86×25 October: 1.92×27 October: 1.93×28 October: 1.99×30 September28 October

The strongest NO₂ peak within 35 km was 2.42 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

864 brick kilns stand within 50 km of Multan. Their survey puts the smoke from the 627 it has figures for at about 154 tonnes of PM2.5 a day in the firing season.

15 brick kilns in one patch, 17 km south-west of the centre. Each oval is a kiln.
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
2%are the cleaner zigzag kind
#11 of 34 citiesby brick kilns within 50 km, among the cities the kiln surveys cover

Power plants and industry

2 fossil-fuel power plants and 28 industrial areas lie within 50 km of Multan. Carbon Mapper has measured CO₂ plumes from 1 plant here, about 58 tonnes an hour. The largest, Muzaffargarh Thermal Power Station, can generate 1,350 MW.

Muzaffargarh Thermal Power Station from above, 31 km west of the centre
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
Muzaffargarh Thermal Power Station oil, 31 km1,350 MW
Lalpir & PakGen Power Plant oil, 46 km727 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 Multan

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 Multan this season compared with past years

Fire spots within 250 km of Multan 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: 1,9931,99320192020: 2,9432,94320202021: 3,5143,51420212022: 2,3382,33820222023: 2,1942,19420232024: 3,4993,49920242025: 3,6203,62020252026: 2,8902,890*2026 (so far)

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

Multan 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 Multan. 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 (895)#9 of 57
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days (8,588)#9 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days) (1.99×)#26 of 58
Brick kilns within 50 km (864)#11 of 34
Fossil-fuel power plants within 50 km (2)#18 of 35
Measured plant CO₂ within 50 km (58 t/h)#20 of 22
Industrial areas within 50 km (28)#52 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

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Multan: 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
OkaraPunjabPakistaneast225 km131
JhangPunjabPakistannorth-east137 km109
PakpattanPunjabPakistaneast174 km82
KhanewalPunjabPakistannorth-east56 km71
BahawalnagarPunjabPakistaneast182 km51
Nankana SahibPunjabPakistannorth-east239 km41
FaisalabadPunjabPakistannorth-east214 km41
VehariPunjabPakistaneast125 km25
SahiwalPunjabPakistaneast134 km24
SargodhaPunjabPakistannorth-east212 km22
ChiniotPunjabPakistannorth-east203 km18
Toba Tek SinghPunjabPakistannorth-east104 km13
Fires within 250 km by direction, last 24 hours
From theFires
north24
north-east (the wind is coming from here)338
east345
south-east12
south33
south-west30
west44
north-west69
Fires within 250 km in the last 7 days
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDistanceFiresOn farmland
OkaraPunjabPakistan226 km98094%
JhangPunjabPakistan140 km55699%
KhanewalPunjabPakistan59 km48998%
Dera Ghazi KhanPunjabPakistan90 km48899%
PakpattanPunjabPakistan176 km43294%
BahawalnagarPunjabPakistan168 km34596%
FaisalabadPunjabPakistan212 km26597%
VehariPunjabPakistan116 km21396%
Nankana SahibPunjabPakistan239 km16298%
SahiwalPunjabPakistan148 km14999%
Fires around Multan this season compared with past years
SeasonFire spots
20191,993
20202,943
20213,514
20222,338
20232,194
20243,499
20253,620
2026 (so far)2,890 (1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor)
Every measure and rank

Where Multan 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.

MeasureMultanRank
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days8,5889 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days)1.99×26 of 58
Landfill methane within 50 kmnone measured–
Measured plant CO₂ within 50 km58 t/h20 of 22
Brick kilns within 50 km86411 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km2852 of 58
Always-hot sites within 50 km0–
Ranks on today's fires

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

  • Fire spots upwind, last 24 hours: 3 of 34
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours: 9 of 57
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 7 days: 8 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

Questions about Multan's air

Where is Multan's smoke coming from today?

Right now the wind over Multan blows from the north-east at 5 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 07:45 PKT). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 03:48 PKT NASA's satellites saw 655 fires within 250 km upwind of Multan, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 895 within 250 km in every direction. The largest numbers were in Okara and Jhang. About 97% were on farmland, the pattern of crop-residue burning.

Are crop fires burning near Multan?

In the last 24 hours NASA's satellites saw 895 fire spots within 250 km of Multan, and 8,588 in the last 30 days. Satellites only see what is burning as they pass, and not under cloud.

How bad is traffic pollution in Multan?

Over the 14 days 15 October to 28 October 2026, nitrogen dioxide in the air over Multan (within 15 km) was about 1.99 times the usual level of the surrounding region, roughly 3.03 ×10¹⁵ molecules/cm². Of the 58 cities with enough clear days, it ranks 26.

How many brick kilns are there near Multan?

The satellite surveys count 864 brick kilns within 50 km of Multan.

Which landfills near Multan release methane?

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

Nearby cities: Bahawalpur (92 km), Faisalabad (205 km), Sargodha (239 km), Lahore (313 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.