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

Nagpur's smoke report

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Right now the wind over Nagpur blows from the west at 5 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 08:15 IST). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST NASA's satellites saw 3 fires within 250 km upwind of Nagpur, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 38 within 250 km in every direction. Most were in Akola and Sehore.

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: 33north-east: 1212east: 00south-east: 00south: 1111south-west: 88west: 11north-west: 33NESW

Fires within 250 km in the last 24 hours, by direction. Red: the side the wind is coming from (the west). Tap a direction to pick out its fires on the map.

What satellites see around Nagpur

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 Nagpur in the last 30 days

The busiest of the last 29 days was 24 October, with 285 fire spots within 250 km, 16 of them within 50 km.

30 September: no data30 September1 October: 25 · 72 October: 32 · 83 October: 40 · 84 October: 43 · 115 October: 41 · 96 October: 34 · 127 October: 50 · 108 October: 45 · 99 October: 44 · 1110 October: 54 · 1411 October: 65 · 1112 October: 77 · 1213 October: 23 · 114 October: 82 · 1415 October: 73 · 1115 October16 October: 108 · 717 October: 118 · 818 October: 140 · 1419 October: 93 · 1320 October: 114 · 1221 October: 97 · 1322 October: 166 · 1223 October: 224 · 1824 October: 285 · 1625 October: 223 · 1526 October: 232 · 1127 October: 157 · 1428 October: 33 · 829 October: 9 · 029 October285

within 250 km   within 50 km

2,727fire spots within 250 km in the last 29 days
309of them within 50 km
80%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 Nagpur: traffic, industry and power plants

Over the last 14 days the air over Nagpur held 1.94 times the region's usual level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), #27 of 58 cities.

1×30 September: 2.67×1 October: 2.79×2 October: 2.99×5 October: 3.07×8 October: 3.42×11 October: 4.3×13 October: 4.53×16 October: 4.24×19 October: 3.73×22 October: 2.67×25 October: 2.48×27 October: 2.56×28 October: 1.94×30 September28 October

The strongest NO₂ peak within 35 km was 3.28 times the usual level, 28 km from the city centre, near a power or industrial plant (Butibori Thermal Power Station).

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.

Landfills

Satellites and aircraft have measured methane rising from Bhandewari, 7 km from the centre, 5 times, about 704 kg an hour. That puts it #24 of the 58 measured landfills in Pakistan and India.

Bhandewari from above, 7 km east of the centre
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
5methane plumes measured
11 March 2026last measured
7landfills 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

7 fossil-fuel power plants and 102 industrial areas lie within 50 km of Nagpur. Carbon Mapper has measured CO₂ plumes from 2 plants here, about 707 tonnes an hour. The largest, Koradi Thermal Power Station, can generate 2,400 MW.

Koradi Thermal Power Station from above, 11 km north of the centre
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
Koradi Thermal Power Station coal, 11 km2,400 MW
Mauda Super Thermal Power Station coal, 32 km2,320 MW
Khaparkheda Thermal Power Station coal, 15 km1,340 MW
Butibori Thermal Power Station coal, 29 km600 MW

3 always-hot sites that NASA's satellites saw burning on 20 or more days in 2025: Kamthi Colliery (53), Kamthi Colliery (44), Kamthi Colliery (22)

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 Nagpur

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 Nagpur this season compared with past years

Fire spots within 250 km of Nagpur 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: 16716720192020: 1,0231,02320202021: 70570520212022: 50350320222023: 88088020232024: 48048020242025: 29329320252026: 926926*2026 (so far)

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

Nagpur 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 Nagpur. 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 (38)#33 of 57
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days (2,727)#23 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days) (1.94×)#27 of 58
Fossil-fuel power plants within 50 km (7)#4 of 35
Landfill methane within 50 km (704 kg/h)#24 of 34
Measured plant CO₂ within 50 km (707 t/h)#8 of 22
Industrial areas within 50 km (102)#28 of 58
Always-hot sites within 50 km (3)#9 of 23

All the rankings: city rankings

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Nagpur: 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
AkolaMaharashtraIndiawest236 km1
SehoreMadhya PradeshIndianorth-west247 km1
Nagpur DivisionMaharashtraIndianorth-west25 km1
Fires within 250 km by direction, last 24 hours
From theFires
north3
north-east12
east0
south-east0
south11
south-west8
west (the wind is coming from here)1
north-west3
Fires within 250 km in the last 7 days
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDistanceFiresOn farmland
Narmadapuram districtMadhya PradeshIndia223 km32598%
SeoniMadhya PradeshIndia150 km29195%
Nagpur DivisionMaharashtraIndia25 km11233%
SehoreMadhya PradeshIndia242 km5795%
YavatmalMaharashtraIndia154 km5673%
DurgChhattisgarhIndia238 km534%
BetulMadhya PradeshIndia143 km5090%
HardaMadhya PradeshIndia235 km4598%
ChhindwaraMadhya PradeshIndia111 km4198%
WardhaMaharashtraIndia73 km3850%
Fires around Nagpur this season compared with past years
SeasonFire spots
2019167
20201,023
2021705
2022503
2023880
2024480
2025293
2026 (so far)926 (1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor)
Landfill methane records
SiteMethanePlumes seenLast seenRank
Bhandewari (Nagpur Division, India, 7 km)704 kg/h511 March 202624 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 Nagpur 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.

MeasureNagpurRank
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days2,72723 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days)1.94×27 of 58
Landfill methane within 50 km704 kg/h24 of 34
Measured plant CO₂ within 50 km707 t/h8 of 22
Brick kilns within 50 km––
Industrial areas within 50 km10228 of 58
Always-hot sites within 50 km39 of 23
Ranks on today's fires

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

  • Fire spots upwind, last 24 hours: 30 of 34
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours: 33 of 57
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 7 days: 21 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

Questions about Nagpur's air

Where is Nagpur's smoke coming from today?

Right now the wind over Nagpur blows from the west at 5 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 08:15 IST). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 04:18 IST NASA's satellites saw 3 fires within 250 km upwind of Nagpur, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 38 within 250 km in every direction. Most were in Akola and Sehore.

Are crop fires burning near Nagpur?

In the last 24 hours NASA's satellites saw 38 fire spots within 250 km of Nagpur, and 2,727 in the last 30 days. Satellites only see what is burning as they pass, and not under cloud.

How bad is traffic pollution in Nagpur?

Over the 14 days 15 October to 28 October 2026, nitrogen dioxide in the air over Nagpur (within 15 km) was about 1.94 times the usual level of the surrounding region, roughly 3.49 ×10¹⁵ molecules/cm². Of the 58 cities with enough clear days, it ranks 27.

Which landfills near Nagpur release methane?

Carbon Mapper has measured methane plumes from Bhandewari (704 kg/h).

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

More about Nagpur

Nearby cities: Raipur (264 km), Bhopal (292 km), Indore (376 km), Hyderabad (423 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.