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

Sargodha's smoke report

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Right now the wind over Sargodha blows from the east at 4 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 07:45 PKT). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 03:48 PKT NASA's satellites saw 726 fires within 250 km upwind of Sargodha, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 1,501 within 250 km in every direction. The largest numbers were in Hafizabad and Nankana Sahib. About 94% 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: 3535north-east: 2828east: 338338south-east: 548548south: 280280south-west: 202202west: 5151north-west: 1919NESW

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 Sargodha

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 Sargodha in the last 30 days

Fires around Sargodha were at their highest on the latest day, 29 October, with 1,512 fire spots within 250 km, 29 of them within 50 km.

30 September: no data30 September1 October: 154 · 32 October: 226 · 03 October: 204 · 44 October: 241 · 05 October: 234 · 56 October: 349 · 97 October: 264 · 18 October: 245 · 69 October: 308 · 210 October: 374 · 011 October: 16 · 212 October: 159 · 213 October: 160 · 014 October: 260 · 415 October: 82 · 015 October16 October: 209 · 017 October: 491 · 518 October: 887 · 1419 October: 697 · 620 October: 426 · 121 October: 710 · 722 October: 795 · 923 October: 1,027 · 1824 October: 649 · 325 October: 781 · 1326 October: 811 · 827 October: 1,035 · 2128 October: 1,223 · 2329 October: 1,512 · 2929 October1,512

within 250 km   within 50 km

14,529fire spots within 250 km in the last 29 days
195of them within 50 km
96%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 Sargodha: traffic, industry and power plants

Over the last 14 days the air over Sargodha held 1.19 times the region's usual level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), #53 of 58 cities.

1×30 September: 1.22×1 October: 1.24×2 October: 1.22×5 October: 1.26×8 October: 1.28×11 October: 1.29×13 October: 1.33×16 October: 1.42×19 October: 1.42×22 October: 1.33×25 October: 1.37×27 October: 1.3×28 October: 1.19×30 September28 October

The strongest NO₂ peak within 35 km was 1.56 times the usual level, 35 km from the city centre, near an industrial estate (Sugar Mill).

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

564 brick kilns stand within 50 km of Sargodha. Their survey puts the smoke from the 394 it has figures for at about 97 tonnes of PM2.5 a day in the firing season.

8 brick kilns in one patch, 19 km north-west of the centre. Each oval is a kiln.
Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
4%are the cleaner zigzag kind
#17 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 Sargodha, but 1 landfills and dump sites are mapped there.

Power plants and industry

1 fossil-fuel power plant and 15 industrial areas lie within 50 km of Sargodha.

Khushab Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant from above, 49 km west 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 Sargodha

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 Sargodha this season compared with past years

Fire spots within 250 km of Sargodha 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: 8,2498,24920192020: 13,32713,32720202021: 10,03710,03720212022: 8,2888,28820222023: 5,2735,27320232024: 6,1936,19320242025: 6,0286,02820252026: 4,9404,940*2026 (so far)

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

Sargodha 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 Sargodha. 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 (1,501)#2 of 57
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days (14,529)#2 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days) (1.19×)#53 of 58
Brick kilns within 50 km (564)#17 of 34
Fossil-fuel power plants within 50 km (1)#27 of 35
Industrial areas within 50 km (15)#56 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

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

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Upwind districts, last 24 hours
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDirectionDistanceFires
HafizabadPunjabPakistaneast81 km115
Nankana SahibPunjabPakistansouth-east121 km110
Tarn TaranPunjabIndiasouth-east220 km84
GujranwalaPunjabPakistaneast126 km75
FirozpurPunjabIndiasouth-east226 km72
ShekhupuraPunjabPakistaneast134 km53
SialkotPunjabPakistaneast186 km33
KasurPunjabPakistansouth-east175 km33
AmritsarPunjabIndiaeast199 km30
GurdaspurPunjabIndiaeast235 km19
FaridkotPunjabIndiasouth-east239 km17
Mandi BahauddinPunjabPakistannorth-east84 km14
Fires within 250 km by direction, last 24 hours
From theFires
north35
north-east28
east (the wind is coming from here)338
south-east548
south280
south-west202
west51
north-west19
Fires within 250 km in the last 7 days
DistrictProvince or stateCountryDistanceFiresOn farmland
OkaraPunjabPakistan188 km1,01895%
Nankana SahibPunjabPakistan121 km62997%
JhangPunjabPakistan100 km55699%
KhanewalPunjabPakistan190 km48798%
HafizabadPunjabPakistan82 km45398%
PakpattanPunjabPakistan206 km43294%
GujranwalaPunjabPakistan124 km40889%
Tarn TaranPunjabIndia222 km39497%
ShekhupuraPunjabPakistan133 km34794%
BahawalnagarPunjabPakistan236 km29996%
Fires around Sargodha this season compared with past years
SeasonFire spots
20198,249
202013,327
202110,037
20228,288
20235,273
20246,193
20256,028
2026 (so far)4,940 (1 day without Suomi NPP data: a floor)
Every measure and rank

Where Sargodha 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.

MeasureSargodhaRank
Fire spots within 250 km, last 30 days14,5292 of 58
NO₂, times the usual level (14 days)1.19×53 of 58
Landfill methane within 50 kmnone measured–
Measured plant CO₂ within 50 kmnone measured–
Brick kilns within 50 km56417 of 34
Industrial areas within 50 km1556 of 58
Always-hot sites within 50 km0–
Ranks on today's fires

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

  • Fire spots upwind, last 24 hours: 1 of 34
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 24 hours: 2 of 57
  • Fire spots within 250 km, last 7 days: 2 of 58

All the rankings: city rankings

Questions about Sargodha's air

Where is Sargodha's smoke coming from today?

Right now the wind over Sargodha blows from the east at 4 km/h (weather model, 30 October, 07:45 PKT). In the 24 hours to 30 October, 03:48 PKT NASA's satellites saw 726 fires within 250 km upwind of Sargodha, in the direction the wind is coming from, out of 1,501 within 250 km in every direction. The largest numbers were in Hafizabad and Nankana Sahib. About 94% were on farmland, the pattern of crop-residue burning.

Are crop fires burning near Sargodha?

In the last 24 hours NASA's satellites saw 1,501 fire spots within 250 km of Sargodha, and 14,529 in the last 30 days. Satellites only see what is burning as they pass, and not under cloud.

How bad is traffic pollution in Sargodha?

Over the 14 days 15 October to 28 October 2026, nitrogen dioxide in the air over Sargodha (within 15 km) was about 1.19 times the usual level of the surrounding region, roughly 2.04 ×10¹⁵ molecules/cm². Of the 58 cities with enough clear days, it ranks 53.

How many brick kilns are there near Sargodha?

The satellite surveys count 564 brick kilns within 50 km of Sargodha.

Which landfills near Sargodha release methane?

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

Nearby cities: Faisalabad (83 km), Gujranwala (143 km), Lahore (169 km), Rawalpindi (172 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.