Live · 22 Oct 2026

Nepal right now

Air quality, weather, earthquakes, forest fires and river flows across Nepal, updated every few minutes, and an AI map of the country's land cover. Pick a district or a municipality for local detail.

Air quality · Warning
Unhealthy air in 7 districts
Gaur, Rautahat 180, Biratnagar, Morang 166, Malangawa, Sarlahi 160, Rajbiraj, Saptari 158, Dhanusa 155 (US AQI)

Air quality, Kathmandu (US AQI)

Moderate · PM2.5 54 µg/m³

Kathmandu now

16°C

Clear · humidity 85%

Active fires, last 24 h

Fire map and history

Earthquakes M2.5+, last 7 days

Latest earthquakes

Air quality now: most polluted districts

District	US AQI	Category	PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Gaur, Rautahat	180	Unhealthy	142
Biratnagar, Morang	166	Unhealthy	124
Malangawa, Sarlahi	160	Unhealthy	102
Rajbiraj, Saptari	158	Unhealthy	94
Dhanusa	155	Unhealthy	96
Mahottari	155	Unhealthy	96
Bhadrapur, Jhapa	153	Unhealthy	82
Birgunj, Parsa	143	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	73
Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur	139	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	56
Lahan, Siraha	135	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	75

US AQI from the CAMS forecast at each district's main town. All 77 districts.

Fires and earthquakes

M3.9 · 64 km ENE of Besisahar, Nepal · 11 Oct 2026 04:23 NPT · 0 km deep · 11 days ago
M5.1 · 31 km NW of Bāgeshwar, India · 6 Oct 2026 22:38 NPT · 17 km deep · 15 days ago
M4.4 · 218 km NNW of Rikaze, China · 5 Oct 2026 20:22 NPT · 10 km deep · 16 days ago

Red: satellite fire detections in the last 24 hours (NASA FIRMS VIIRS). Purple: earthquakes M2.5+ in the last 30 days (USGS).

Rivers today

Koshi at Chatara

1,651 m³/s

97% of normal for the date

Narayani (Gandaki) at Devghat

1,682 m³/s

132% of normal for the date

Karnali at Chisapani

1,495 m³/s

142% of normal for the date

Mahakali at Banbasa

588 m³/s

121% of normal for the date

Bagmati at Karmaiya

31 m³/s

78% of normal for the date

West Rapti at Jalkundi

135 m³/s

227% of normal for the date

Daily discharge from the GloFAS flood model at each river's main gauge, compared with the 2004–2023 median for the date. Flood levels and forecasts.

Nepal from space

Satellite image of Nepal and the Himalaya

NASA MODIS Terra true-colour image of 21 Oct 2026 (about 10:30 local time). Clouds, snow on the Himalaya and smoke or haze over the plains are visible. Any date since 2000.

Nepal's land cover, mapped by AI

Urban land 4.2%Agriculture land 9.8%Rangeland 31.8%Forest land 41.4%Water 0.8%Barren land 11.9%

Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11); 1038 stratified sample sites classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net. Year by year and by region.

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Land cover of Nepal · forest, farmland, built-up
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Source: NASA FIRMS, USGS, Open-Meteo (CAMS, ECMWF, GloFAS), Esri, EOX, Impact Observatory. Interactive maps and analysis: Monitor Nepal app.