Stagione del fumo, mese per mese nel mondo
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Questa è una pagina di avvertenza, non un consiglio. Stagione del fumo riguarda 115 destinazioni su SeasonMap; i mesi qui sotto sono quelli in cui la finestra di rischio è aperta. La maggior parte delle settimane passa tranquilla, e il punteggio accanto a ogni luogo resta il normale punteggio climatico, rischi compresi.
Quando è in corso
Stagione del fumo in gennaio
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)A dry spell in the highlands can put smoke over the Derwent for days and close the walking tracks around the city.96
- Valparaíso 🇨🇱 CileFire season in the hills · 15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)The ravines behind the port dry out over summer and fires have run through the upper hills more than once, the worst of them destroying whole cerros.94
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire and burn-off season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Summer brings total fire bans and closed forest tracks, and the autumn prescribed burns put smoke through the valleys on still days.93
- Isola dei Canguri 🇦🇺 AustraliaFire danger season closures · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)National parks here close on catastrophic fire danger days, which lands squarely in the summer holidays.93
- Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)The risk in the country around the city peaks after midsummer, and a bad day closes the roads and fills the basin with smoke.86
- Città del Capo 🇿🇦 SudafricaMountain fire season · 1 nov – 15 mag (di solito)The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads.86
- Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire smoke risk · 1 nov – 28 feb (di solito)Fires inland or on the coast can put smoke over the city for days in a bad summer; the fire service publishes a danger rating for the Sydney region daily.82
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Fires in the hills east of the city put smoke over the suburbs on still days and close the walking trails on the worst ones.82
- San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian fire season · 1 dic – 31 mar (di solito)Nahuel Huapi runs a fire risk level through the dry summer and closes trails, campsites and whole valleys when it peaks.80
- Delhi 🇮🇳 IndiaSevere air season · 1 ott – 31 gen (di solito)Emergency pollution restrictions run from 1 October: construction bans, diesel-vehicle limits and schools moved online when it escalates.80
- Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 ott – 1 mar (di solito)The whole town sits inside the national park, so a bad fire week means smoke, closed tracks and, on the worst days, a closed highway.80
- Ayutthaya 🇹🇭 ThailandiaCentral plains burning haze · 20 gen – 15 apr (di solito)Cane and stubble fires around the central provinces put a flat grey ceiling over the island for weeks.78
- Katmandu 🇳🇵 NepalValley smog season · 15 nov – 28 feb (di solito)Cold air sits in the bowl of the valley and holds in kiln smoke, vehicle exhaust and field burning from the plains.76
- Bangkok 🇹🇭 ThailandiaUpcountry burning haze · 25 gen – 15 apr (di solito)Agricultural fires north and west of the city put a lid of smoke over Bangkok through the late dry season.73
- Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWinter inversion · 15 dic – 20 feb (di solito)Cold air settles in the valley under a lid of warm air and the exhaust has nowhere to go, sometimes for a fortnight.51
- Almaty 🇰🇿 KazakistanWinter smog · 15 nov – 1 mar (di solito)Coal heating and a valley inversion pin the smoke over the city for weeks at a time once the cold sets in.39
- Ulan Bator 🇲🇳 MongoliaWinter smog · 1 nov – 31 marRaw coal burned in the ger districts for heating, held down over the valley by an inversion, makes this one of the worst urban airs anywhere between November and March.32
Stagione del fumo in febbraio
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)A dry spell in the highlands can put smoke over the Derwent for days and close the walking tracks around the city.95
- Isola dei Canguri 🇦🇺 AustraliaFire danger season closures · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)National parks here close on catastrophic fire danger days, which lands squarely in the summer holidays.95
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire and burn-off season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Summer brings total fire bans and closed forest tracks, and the autumn prescribed burns put smoke through the valleys on still days.94
- Valparaíso 🇨🇱 CileFire season in the hills · 15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)The ravines behind the port dry out over summer and fires have run through the upper hills more than once, the worst of them destroying whole cerros.93
- Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)The risk in the country around the city peaks after midsummer, and a bad day closes the roads and fills the basin with smoke.92
- Kalaw 🇲🇲 BirmaniaBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Hillsides around the town are burned off before the rains and the smoke sits in the valleys below the ridge.90
- Città del Capo 🇿🇦 SudafricaMountain fire season · 1 nov – 15 mag (di solito)The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads.88
- Lago Inle 🇲🇲 BirmaniaBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)The Shan uplands are burned off before the rains and the smoke settles into the basin the lake sits in.86
- Katmandu 🇳🇵 NepalValley smog season · 15 nov – 28 feb (di solito)Cold air sits in the bowl of the valley and holds in kiln smoke, vehicle exhaust and field burning from the plains.85
- Chiang Rai 🇹🇭 ThailandiaBurning season · 1 feb – 20 apr (di solito)Field and forest fires in the valleys and across the border put Chiang Rai near the top of the world's air-quality charts most Marches.84
- Hsipaw 🇲🇲 BirmaniaBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Fields and hillsides across the Shan uplands are burned off before the rains and the smoke sits in the valleys for weeks.84
- Chiang Mai 🇹🇭 ThailandiaBurning season · 1 feb – 20 apr (di solito)Field and forest fires fill the valley with smoke that the surrounding hills hold in place, and the city regularly tops the world's live pollution rankings in March.82
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Fires in the hills east of the city put smoke over the suburbs on still days and close the walking trails on the worst ones.82
- Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 ott – 1 mar (di solito)The whole town sits inside the national park, so a bad fire week means smoke, closed tracks and, on the worst days, a closed highway.82
- San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian fire season · 1 dic – 31 mar (di solito)Nahuel Huapi runs a fire risk level through the dry summer and closes trails, campsites and whole valleys when it peaks.81
- Pai 🇹🇭 ThailandiaBurning season · 1 feb – 20 apr (di solito)Mae Hong Son province takes the worst of the northern smoke and the valley traps it.81
- Vientiane 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Field and forest fires across northern Laos fill the valley with smoke and the far bank of the Mekong disappears for weeks.81
- Pāksē 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Field clearing across southern Laos and over the Thai border fills the Mekong valley with smoke for weeks, and the view from the plateau edge disappears with it.81
- Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire smoke risk · 1 nov – 28 feb (di solito)Fires inland or on the coast can put smoke over the city for days in a bad summer; the fire service publishes a danger rating for the Sydney region daily.80
- Vangvīang 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 15 feb – 25 apr (di solito)The karst towers are the reason to stop here and for these weeks they are outlines in smoke from the fields burning up and down the valley.79
- Saipan 🇲🇵 Isole Marianne SettentrionaliDry-season brush fires · 1 feb – 31 mag (di solito)The grass hillsides above Kagman and out towards Marpi burn most dry seasons, largely from deliberate fires, and the smoke hangs under the trade wind on still mornings.76
- Ayutthaya 🇹🇭 ThailandiaCentral plains burning haze · 20 gen – 15 apr (di solito)Cane and stubble fires around the central provinces put a flat grey ceiling over the island for weeks.72
- Bangkok 🇹🇭 ThailandiaUpcountry burning haze · 25 gen – 15 apr (di solito)Agricultural fires north and west of the city put a lid of smoke over Bangkok through the late dry season.69
- Kanchanaburi 🇹🇭 ThailandiaBurning season haze · 1 feb – 15 apr (di solito)Field and forest fires along the western hills and over the Myanmar border grey out the valley for weeks.69
- Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWinter inversion · 15 dic – 20 feb (di solito)Cold air settles in the valley under a lid of warm air and the exhaust has nowhere to go, sometimes for a fortnight.61
…e altri 2 in febbraio.
Stagione del fumo in marzo
- Isola dei Canguri 🇦🇺 AustraliaFire danger season closures · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)National parks here close on catastrophic fire danger days, which lands squarely in the summer holidays.97
- Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)The risk in the country around the city peaks after midsummer, and a bad day closes the roads and fills the basin with smoke.93
- Valparaíso 🇨🇱 CileFire season in the hills · 15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)The ravines behind the port dry out over summer and fires have run through the upper hills more than once, the worst of them destroying whole cerros.92
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire and burn-off season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Summer brings total fire bans and closed forest tracks, and the autumn prescribed burns put smoke through the valleys on still days.92
- Città del Messico 🇲🇽 MessicoOzone alert season · 1 mar – 31 magStill, sunny, rainless weeks in the basin cook the traffic exhaust into ozone, and the city declares contingencies that pull cars off the road.90
- Città del Capo 🇿🇦 SudafricaMountain fire season · 1 nov – 15 mag (di solito)The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads.90
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)A dry spell in the highlands can put smoke over the Derwent for days and close the walking tracks around the city.90
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Fires in the hills east of the city put smoke over the suburbs on still days and close the walking trails on the worst ones.85
- Kalaw 🇲🇲 BirmaniaBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Hillsides around the town are burned off before the rains and the smoke sits in the valleys below the ridge.84
- Jinghong 🇨🇳 CinaBurning season haze · 1 mar – 20 apr (di solito)Field burning across the border in Myanmar and Laos drifts up the Mekong valley through the last dry weeks.81
- Lago Inle 🇲🇲 BirmaniaBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)The Shan uplands are burned off before the rains and the smoke settles into the basin the lake sits in.80
- Hsipaw 🇲🇲 BirmaniaBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Fields and hillsides across the Shan uplands are burned off before the rains and the smoke sits in the valleys for weeks.76
- San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian fire season · 1 dic – 31 mar (di solito)Nahuel Huapi runs a fire risk level through the dry summer and closes trails, campsites and whole valleys when it peaks.74
- Saipan 🇲🇵 Isole Marianne SettentrionaliDry-season brush fires · 1 feb – 31 mag (di solito)The grass hillsides above Kagman and out towards Marpi burn most dry seasons, largely from deliberate fires, and the smoke hangs under the trade wind on still mornings.74
- Chiang Rai 🇹🇭 ThailandiaBurning season · 1 feb – 20 apr (di solito)Field and forest fires in the valleys and across the border put Chiang Rai near the top of the world's air-quality charts most Marches.74
- Pai 🇹🇭 ThailandiaBurning season · 1 feb – 20 apr (di solito)Mae Hong Son province takes the worst of the northern smoke and the valley traps it.72
- Pāksē 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Field clearing across southern Laos and over the Thai border fills the Mekong valley with smoke for weeks, and the view from the plateau edge disappears with it.72
- Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 ott – 1 mar (di solito)The whole town sits inside the national park, so a bad fire week means smoke, closed tracks and, on the worst days, a closed highway.72
- Gangneung 🇰🇷 Corea del SudSpring wildfire weeks · 1 mar – 30 apr (di solito)The east-coast strip burns most springs, when a dry wind comes over the ridge and drives a fire down to the sea in hours.72
- Lūang Namthā 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 1 mar – 25 apr (di solito)Northern Laos burns its fields and hillsides before the rains and this valley holds the smoke.72
- Nong Khiaw 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 1 mar – 25 apr (di solito)The viewpoints above the river are the entire reason to stop here, and for these weeks they look out on a wall of smoke from the fields burning across northern Laos.72
- Sokcho 🇰🇷 Corea del SudSpring wildfire season · 1 mar – 30 apr (di solito)Dry air and the hot downslope wind off the Taebaek range make March and April Gangwon's fire season.71
- Luang Prabang 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 1 mar – 30 apr (di solito)Agricultural burning across northern Laos and the region fills the valley with smoke for weeks; the hills disappear and flights are occasionally diverted.70
- Vientiane 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Field and forest fires across northern Laos fill the valley with smoke and the far bank of the Mekong disappears for weeks.70
- Vangvīang 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 15 feb – 25 apr (di solito)The karst towers are the reason to stop here and for these weeks they are outlines in smoke from the fields burning up and down the valley.69
…e altri 6 in marzo.
Stagione del fumo in aprile
- Città del Capo 🇿🇦 SudafricaMountain fire season · 1 nov – 15 mag (di solito)The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads.93
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Fires in the hills east of the city put smoke over the suburbs on still days and close the walking trails on the worst ones.92
- Isola dei Canguri 🇦🇺 AustraliaFire danger season closures · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)National parks here close on catastrophic fire danger days, which lands squarely in the summer holidays.89
- Città del Messico 🇲🇽 MessicoOzone alert season · 1 mar – 31 magStill, sunny, rainless weeks in the basin cook the traffic exhaust into ozone, and the city declares contingencies that pull cars off the road.88
- Valparaíso 🇨🇱 CileFire season in the hills · 15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)The ravines behind the port dry out over summer and fires have run through the upper hills more than once, the worst of them destroying whole cerros.88
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire and burn-off season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Summer brings total fire bans and closed forest tracks, and the autumn prescribed burns put smoke through the valleys on still days.85
- Gangneung 🇰🇷 Corea del SudSpring wildfire weeks · 1 mar – 30 apr (di solito)The east-coast strip burns most springs, when a dry wind comes over the ridge and drives a fire down to the sea in hours.85
- Sokcho 🇰🇷 Corea del SudSpring wildfire season · 1 mar – 30 apr (di solito)Dry air and the hot downslope wind off the Taebaek range make March and April Gangwon's fire season.82
- Kalaw 🇲🇲 BirmaniaBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Hillsides around the town are burned off before the rains and the smoke sits in the valleys below the ridge.77
- Saipan 🇲🇵 Isole Marianne SettentrionaliDry-season brush fires · 1 feb – 31 mag (di solito)The grass hillsides above Kagman and out towards Marpi burn most dry seasons, largely from deliberate fires, and the smoke hangs under the trade wind on still mornings.72
- Lago Inle 🇲🇲 BirmaniaBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)The Shan uplands are burned off before the rains and the smoke settles into the basin the lake sits in.72
- Čita 🇷🇺 RussiaSpring wildfire smoke · 1 apr – 10 giu (di solito)Dry, windy springs set off forest and grass fires across Zabaykalye almost every year; smoke can sit over the city and fire bans close forest areas.69
- Jinghong 🇨🇳 CinaBurning season haze · 1 mar – 20 apr (di solito)Field burning across the border in Myanmar and Laos drifts up the Mekong valley through the last dry weeks.68
- Hsipaw 🇲🇲 BirmaniaBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Fields and hillsides across the Shan uplands are burned off before the rains and the smoke sits in the valleys for weeks.66
- Pāksē 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Field clearing across southern Laos and over the Thai border fills the Mekong valley with smoke for weeks, and the view from the plateau edge disappears with it.65
- Pai 🇹🇭 ThailandiaBurning season · 1 feb – 20 apr (di solito)Mae Hong Son province takes the worst of the northern smoke and the valley traps it.61
- Nong Khiaw 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 1 mar – 25 apr (di solito)The viewpoints above the river are the entire reason to stop here, and for these weeks they look out on a wall of smoke from the fields burning across northern Laos.61
- Vangvīang 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 15 feb – 25 apr (di solito)The karst towers are the reason to stop here and for these weeks they are outlines in smoke from the fields burning up and down the valley.60
- Lūang Namthā 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 1 mar – 25 apr (di solito)Northern Laos burns its fields and hillsides before the rains and this valley holds the smoke.60
- Chiang Rai 🇹🇭 ThailandiaBurning season · 1 feb – 20 apr (di solito)Field and forest fires in the valleys and across the border put Chiang Rai near the top of the world's air-quality charts most Marches.59
- Luang Prabang 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 1 mar – 30 apr (di solito)Agricultural burning across northern Laos and the region fills the valley with smoke for weeks; the hills disappear and flights are occasionally diverted.56
- Vientiane 🇱🇦 LaosBurning season haze · 15 feb – 30 apr (di solito)Field and forest fires across northern Laos fill the valley with smoke and the far bank of the Mekong disappears for weeks.56
- Chiang Mai 🇹🇭 ThailandiaBurning season · 1 feb – 20 apr (di solito)Field and forest fires fill the valley with smoke that the surrounding hills hold in place, and the city regularly tops the world's live pollution rankings in March.54
- Bangkok 🇹🇭 ThailandiaUpcountry burning haze · 25 gen – 15 apr (di solito)Agricultural fires north and west of the city put a lid of smoke over Bangkok through the late dry season.51
- Ayutthaya 🇹🇭 ThailandiaCentral plains burning haze · 20 gen – 15 apr (di solito)Cane and stubble fires around the central provinces put a flat grey ceiling over the island for weeks.48
…e altri 1 in aprile.
Stagione del fumo in maggio
- Knysna 🇿🇦 SudafricaBerg wind fire risk · 1 mag – 30 nov (di solito)Hot, dry berg winds off the interior are what turn a plantation fire into the kind that burned through the town in June 2017.90
- Flagstaff 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaFire restrictions and smoke · 1 mag – 10 lug (di solito)The dry weeks before the rains arrive are when the Coconino forest goes to stage restrictions and sometimes shuts entirely — no campfires, and in a bad year no access.86
- Città del Capo 🇿🇦 SudafricaMountain fire season · 1 nov – 15 mag (di solito)The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads.85
- Città del Messico 🇲🇽 MessicoOzone alert season · 1 mar – 31 magStill, sunny, rainless weeks in the basin cook the traffic exhaust into ozone, and the city declares contingencies that pull cars off the road.84
- Čita 🇷🇺 RussiaSpring wildfire smoke · 1 apr – 10 giu (di solito)Dry, windy springs set off forest and grass fires across Zabaykalye almost every year; smoke can sit over the city and fire bans close forest areas.81
- Santiago del Cile 🇨🇱 CileWinter smog episodes · 1 mag – 31 ago (di solito)The valley traps the city's air under an inversion and the authorities declare alert, pre-emergency or emergency days, restricting wood burning and traffic.77
- Saipan 🇲🇵 Isole Marianne SettentrionaliDry-season brush fires · 1 feb – 31 mag (di solito)The grass hillsides above Kagman and out towards Marpi burn most dry seasons, largely from deliberate fires, and the smoke hangs under the trade wind on still mornings.68
Stagione del fumo in giugno
- Čita 🇷🇺 RussiaSpring wildfire smoke · 1 apr – 10 giu (di solito)Dry, windy springs set off forest and grass fires across Zabaykalye almost every year; smoke can sit over the city and fire bans close forest areas.93
- Lagos 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)Monchique burns badly every few summers and the smoke reaches the coast on a north wind.93
- Marbella 🇪🇸 SpagnaFire season in the sierra · 1 giu – 15 ottAndalusia's declared high-risk fire period.92
- Faro 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The serra behind the coast burns most summers and the smoke drifts down to the lagoon on the wrong wind.91
- Flagstaff 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaFire restrictions and smoke · 1 mag – 10 lug (di solito)The dry weeks before the rains arrive are when the Coconino forest goes to stage restrictions and sometimes shuts entirely — no campfires, and in a bad year no access.91
- Évora 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The cork and eucalyptus country around the city carries fire risk all summer, and a bad week puts haze over the plain and closes rural roads at short notice.91
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaInterior wildfire smoke · 10 giu – 20 ago (di solito)Lightning fires in the boreal interior are left to burn where nothing is threatened, and the smoke settles into the Tanana valley for days.91
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaInterior wildfire smoke · 1 giu – 15 ago (di solito)In a dry summer the smoke from interior and Susitna valley fires settles over the bowl for days and the mountains vanish.90
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FranciaFire risk and closed massifs · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The prefecture bans fires and outdoor work across Corse-du-Sud into the end of September, and on severe-risk days it shuts whole forest massifs to walkers and cars at a day's notice.89
- Malaga 🇪🇸 SpagnaWildfire season · 15 giu – 15 ott (di solito)The Sierra de las Nieves and the hills behind the Costa burn in most bad summers, and a fire inland puts smoke over the coast and closes the mountain roads for a day or two.88
- Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The coast itself rarely burns, but the Monchique and Caldeirao hills behind it do, and a bad week puts smoke over the beaches and closes the back roads.88
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranciaFire risk and closed massifs · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The prefecture bans fires and outdoor work across Corse-du-Sud into the end of September, and on severe-risk days closes forest massifs inland, Bavella included, to walkers and cars.88
- Penisola Calcidica 🇬🇷 GreciaWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 setThe pine forest that runs down to the beaches is what makes this coast and what burns on it.88
- Nizza 🇫🇷 FranciaForest access closures · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The department grades fire risk daily through the summer and closes the massifs behind the city — the Esterel, the approaches to the Mercantour — to walkers on the worst days, decided the evening before.87
- Denver 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke and ozone · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)Smoke from Colorado and out-of-state fires pools against the Front Range in high summer and combines with the city's ozone problem.87
- Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItaliaSardinian fire season · 1 giu – 15 ottThe regional fire campaign runs through summer and the hills either side of the city carry the risk.86
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItaliaSardinian fire season · 1 giu – 15 ottThe regional fire campaign runs all summer and the worst days are the ones when the maestrale is up.86
- Knysna 🇿🇦 SudafricaBerg wind fire risk · 1 mag – 30 nov (di solito)Hot, dry berg winds off the interior are what turn a plantation fire into the kind that burned through the town in June 2017.86
- Rodi 🇬🇷 GreciaWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The island's interior burns in the worst summers and the 2023 fires emptied the southeast coast for a week.83
- Adalia 🇹🇷 TurchiaWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The pine and maquis behind the resort strip burns most summers, and 2021 took the Manavgat hills.82
- Smirne 🇹🇷 TurchiaWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)Izmir province burns nearly every summer, usually in the pine hills between the city and the peninsula.81
- Cefalonia 🇬🇷 GreciaWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 setThe fir forest on Mount Ainos and the scrub above the coast road carry real risk in a dry summer, and the national park closes to visitors on high-risk days.81
- Alanya 🇹🇷 TurchiaWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The pine slopes behind the town burn in most bad summers, and Manavgat an hour west lost villages in 2021.80
- Parco nazionale di Mesa Verde 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire season · 1 giu – 15 lug (di solito)The dry weeks before the monsoon are when the mesa burns; fires have closed the whole park more than once.78
- Santiago del Cile 🇨🇱 CileWinter smog episodes · 1 mag – 31 ago (di solito)The valley traps the city's air under an inversion and the authorities declare alert, pre-emergency or emergency days, restricting wood burning and traffic.66
…e altri 3 in giugno.
Stagione del fumo in luglio
- Vancouver 🇨🇦 CanadaWildfire smoke risk · 15 lug – 15 set (di solito)Smoke from fires in the interior can settle over the city for days at a time in a bad year, turning the best-weather month into the worst air of the year.97
- Brasilia 🇧🇷 BrasileDry season and burn-offs · 1 lug – 30 set (di solito)By August the met service is issuing low-humidity warnings most days and grass fires round the Distrito Federal put a haze over the plateau.95
- Big Sur 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaFire season · 15 lug – 1 nov (di solito)The Ventana wilderness burns regularly and a bad fire closes the highway, the state parks and the campgrounds at once.94
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaInterior wildfire smoke · 10 giu – 20 ago (di solito)Lightning fires in the boreal interior are left to burn where nothing is threatened, and the smoke settles into the Tanana valley for days.94
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaInterior wildfire smoke · 1 giu – 15 ago (di solito)In a dry summer the smoke from interior and Susitna valley fires settles over the bowl for days and the mountains vanish.93
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaWildfire smoke · 1 lug – 31 ago (di solito)Boreal fire season can fill the city with smoke for weeks and has emptied it altogether — the whole population was evacuated in 2023.93
- Lagos 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)Monchique burns badly every few summers and the smoke reaches the coast on a north wind.88
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 BoliviaBurning season smoke · 15 lug – 31 ott (di solito)Land clearing fires across the lowlands send smoke over the city in the late dry season, worst in dry years.88
- Portimão 🇵🇹 PortogalloSerra de Monchique fire season · 1 lug – 30 setThe eucalyptus hills behind the coast burn most summers and a bad one puts smoke over the whole bay and closes the road up to Monchique.87
- Faro 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The serra behind the coast burns most summers and the smoke drifts down to the lagoon on the wrong wind.86
- Marbella 🇪🇸 SpagnaFire season in the sierra · 1 giu – 15 ottAndalusia's declared high-risk fire period.85
- Knysna 🇿🇦 SudafricaBerg wind fire risk · 1 mag – 30 nov (di solito)Hot, dry berg winds off the interior are what turn a plantation fire into the kind that burned through the town in June 2017.85
- Bend 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 1 lug – 20 set (di solito)Central Oregon's unhealthy-air days have gone from a handful a decade to dozens, and late July through August is when the smoke settles in the basin.85
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FranciaFire risk and closed massifs · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The prefecture bans fires and outdoor work across Corse-du-Sud into the end of September, and on severe-risk days it shuts whole forest massifs to walkers and cars at a day's notice.84
- Évora 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The cork and eucalyptus country around the city carries fire risk all summer, and a bad week puts haze over the plain and closes rural roads at short notice.84
- South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 15 lug – 30 set (di solito)Smoke from California fires settles in the basin and stays because the mountains hold it, and a fire reached the edge of town in 2021.83
- Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The coast itself rarely burns, but the Monchique and Caldeirao hills behind it do, and a bad week puts smoke over the beaches and closes the back roads.83
- Flagstaff 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaFire restrictions and smoke · 1 mag – 10 lug (di solito)The dry weeks before the rains arrive are when the Coconino forest goes to stage restrictions and sometimes shuts entirely — no campfires, and in a bad year no access.83
- Kelowna 🇨🇦 CanadaWildfire smoke season · 10 lug – 15 set (di solito)The Okanagan is one of the driest, most fire-prone valleys in Canada, and smoke from interior fires — some of them on the hills above the city — can sit in it for a week at a time.83
- Nizza 🇫🇷 FranciaForest access closures · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The department grades fire risk daily through the summer and closes the massifs behind the city — the Esterel, the approaches to the Mercantour — to walkers on the worst days, decided the evening before.82
- Parco nazionale di Yosemite 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 15 lug – 30 set (di solito)Late-summer fires in and around the Sierra fill the valley with smoke that sits between the walls for days.82
- Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaWildfire smoke · 20 lug – 10 set (di solito)Smoke from interior British Columbia fires drifts into the valley for days at a time in late summer and flattens the view from the Peak 2 Peak.81
- Malaga 🇪🇸 SpagnaWildfire season · 15 giu – 15 ott (di solito)The Sierra de las Nieves and the hills behind the Costa burn in most bad summers, and a fire inland puts smoke over the coast and closes the mountain roads for a day or two.81
- Denver 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke and ozone · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)Smoke from Colorado and out-of-state fires pools against the Front Range in high summer and combines with the city's ozone problem.81
- Bozeman 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 15 lug – 15 set (di solito)Late-summer smoke from fires across Montana, Idaho and Canada settles into the valley and can hold for a week.81
…e altri 36 in luglio.
Stagione del fumo in agosto
- Seattle 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 1 ago – 20 set (di solito)Late summer smoke from fires in eastern Washington, Oregon or British Columbia settles into the basin and can hold for days.95
- Vancouver 🇨🇦 CanadaWildfire smoke risk · 15 lug – 15 set (di solito)Smoke from fires in the interior can settle over the city for days at a time in a bad year, turning the best-weather month into the worst air of the year.94
- Big Sur 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaFire season · 15 lug – 1 nov (di solito)The Ventana wilderness burns regularly and a bad fire closes the highway, the state parks and the campgrounds at once.92
- Brasilia 🇧🇷 BrasileDry season and burn-offs · 1 lug – 30 set (di solito)By August the met service is issuing low-humidity warnings most days and grass fires round the Distrito Federal put a haze over the plateau.91
- Napa 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire season · 1 ago – 31 ott (di solito)Late summer and autumn are when Northern California burns, and 2017 and 2020 both cost the valley part of a vintage.90
- Portland 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 1 ago – 20 set (di solito)Smoke from Cascade and Gorge fires settles in the Willamette valley for days at a time in late summer, usually on the hottest and otherwise clearest weeks of the year.89
- Bend 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 1 lug – 20 set (di solito)Central Oregon's unhealthy-air days have gone from a handful a decade to dozens, and late July through August is when the smoke settles in the basin.88
- South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 15 lug – 30 set (di solito)Smoke from California fires settles in the basin and stays because the mountains hold it, and a fire reached the edge of town in 2021.87
- Lagos 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)Monchique burns badly every few summers and the smoke reaches the coast on a north wind.87
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaWildfire smoke · 1 lug – 31 ago (di solito)Boreal fire season can fill the city with smoke for weeks and has emptied it altogether — the whole population was evacuated in 2023.87
- Knysna 🇿🇦 SudafricaBerg wind fire risk · 1 mag – 30 nov (di solito)Hot, dry berg winds off the interior are what turn a plantation fire into the kind that burned through the town in June 2017.87
- Faro 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The serra behind the coast burns most summers and the smoke drifts down to the lagoon on the wrong wind.85
- Kelowna 🇨🇦 CanadaWildfire smoke season · 10 lug – 15 set (di solito)The Okanagan is one of the driest, most fire-prone valleys in Canada, and smoke from interior fires — some of them on the hills above the city — can sit in it for a week at a time.85
- Rosario 🇦🇷 ArgentinaSmoke off the delta · 15 lug – 31 ott (di solito)Burning on the wetland islands opposite has put the city under smoke for days at a stretch in dry years, worst when the wind sits in the east.85
- Portimão 🇵🇹 PortogalloSerra de Monchique fire season · 1 lug – 30 setThe eucalyptus hills behind the coast burn most summers and a bad one puts smoke over the whole bay and closes the road up to Monchique.85
- Denver 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke and ozone · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)Smoke from Colorado and out-of-state fires pools against the Front Range in high summer and combines with the city's ozone problem.84
- Bozeman 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 15 lug – 15 set (di solito)Late-summer smoke from fires across Montana, Idaho and Canada settles into the valley and can hold for a week.83
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaInterior wildfire smoke · 1 giu – 15 ago (di solito)In a dry summer the smoke from interior and Susitna valley fires settles over the bowl for days and the mountains vanish.83
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FranciaFire risk and closed massifs · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The prefecture bans fires and outdoor work across Corse-du-Sud into the end of September, and on severe-risk days it shuts whole forest massifs to walkers and cars at a day's notice.83
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 BoliviaBurning season smoke · 15 lug – 31 ott (di solito)Land clearing fires across the lowlands send smoke over the city in the late dry season, worst in dry years.83
- Évora 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The cork and eucalyptus country around the city carries fire risk all summer, and a bad week puts haze over the plain and closes rural roads at short notice.83
- Reno 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 1 lug – 30 set (di solito)Smoke from fires in the northern Sierra and inland California settles into the Truckee Meadows and can sit for a week, hiding the mountains from downtown.83
- Lençóis 🇧🇷 BrasileWildfire season · 1 ago – 30 nov (di solito)Late in the dry season fires set to clear pasture regularly escape into the Chapada, and volunteer brigades from Lençóis spend weeks fighting them.83
- Parco nazionale vulcanico di Lassen 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 1 ago – 5 ott (di solito)Northern California's fire season lands squarely on the best walking weeks, and the Dixie Fire burned most of this park in 2021.82
- Marbella 🇪🇸 SpagnaFire season in the sierra · 1 giu – 15 ottAndalusia's declared high-risk fire period.82
…e altri 48 in agosto.
Stagione del fumo in settembre
- Portland 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 1 ago – 20 set (di solito)Smoke from Cascade and Gorge fires settles in the Willamette valley for days at a time in late summer, usually on the hottest and otherwise clearest weeks of the year.94
- Boise 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 1 lug – 20 set (di solito)Smoke from fires in the Idaho backcountry and from Oregon and California settles into the valley for stretches of days at a time.94
- Kelowna 🇨🇦 CanadaWildfire smoke season · 10 lug – 15 set (di solito)The Okanagan is one of the driest, most fire-prone valleys in Canada, and smoke from interior fires — some of them on the hills above the city — can sit in it for a week at a time.94
- Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSundowner wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Hot dry winds fall down the Santa Ynez range onto the town in the evenings of late autumn, which is when this coast's serious fires have started.93
- Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 15 lug – 20 set (di solito)The same valley that traps winter exhaust traps summer smoke drifting in from the Great Basin and California.92
- Bend 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 1 lug – 20 set (di solito)Central Oregon's unhealthy-air days have gone from a handful a decade to dozens, and late July through August is when the smoke settles in the basin.92
- Big Sur 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaFire season · 15 lug – 1 nov (di solito)The Ventana wilderness burns regularly and a bad fire closes the highway, the state parks and the campgrounds at once.91
- Rosario 🇦🇷 ArgentinaSmoke off the delta · 15 lug – 31 ott (di solito)Burning on the wetland islands opposite has put the city under smoke for days at a stretch in dry years, worst when the wind sits in the east.91
- Penisola Calcidica 🇬🇷 GreciaWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 setThe pine forest that runs down to the beaches is what makes this coast and what burns on it.91
- Reno 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 1 lug – 30 set (di solito)Smoke from fires in the northern Sierra and inland California settles into the Truckee Meadows and can sit for a week, hiding the mountains from downtown.91
- Denver 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke and ozone · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)Smoke from Colorado and out-of-state fires pools against the Front Range in high summer and combines with the city's ozone problem.90
- San Diego 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSanta Ana wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Offshore winds off the desert bring the hottest days of the San Diego year in autumn and the county's worst fire risk with them.90
- Lagos 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)Monchique burns badly every few summers and the smoke reaches the coast on a north wind.90
- Faro 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The serra behind the coast burns most summers and the smoke drifts down to the lagoon on the wrong wind.90
- Nizza 🇫🇷 FranciaForest access closures · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The department grades fire risk daily through the summer and closes the massifs behind the city — the Esterel, the approaches to the Mercantour — to walkers on the worst days, decided the evening before.89
- Seattle 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 1 ago – 20 set (di solito)Late summer smoke from fires in eastern Washington, Oregon or British Columbia settles into the basin and can hold for days.89
- Portimão 🇵🇹 PortogalloSerra de Monchique fire season · 1 lug – 30 setThe eucalyptus hills behind the coast burn most summers and a bad one puts smoke over the whole bay and closes the road up to Monchique.89
- Évora 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The cork and eucalyptus country around the city carries fire risk all summer, and a bad week puts haze over the plain and closes rural roads at short notice.89
- Napa 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire season · 1 ago – 31 ott (di solito)Late summer and autumn are when Northern California burns, and 2017 and 2020 both cost the valley part of a vintage.88
- Marbella 🇪🇸 SpagnaFire season in the sierra · 1 giu – 15 ottAndalusia's declared high-risk fire period.88
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FranciaFire risk and closed massifs · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The prefecture bans fires and outdoor work across Corse-du-Sud into the end of September, and on severe-risk days it shuts whole forest massifs to walkers and cars at a day's notice.88
- Knysna 🇿🇦 SudafricaBerg wind fire risk · 1 mag – 30 nov (di solito)Hot, dry berg winds off the interior are what turn a plantation fire into the kind that burned through the town in June 2017.88
- Bozeman 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke · 15 lug – 15 set (di solito)Late-summer smoke from fires across Montana, Idaho and Canada settles into the valley and can hold for a week.87
- Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortogalloWildfire season inland · 15 giu – 30 set (di solito)The coast itself rarely burns, but the Monchique and Caldeirao hills behind it do, and a bad week puts smoke over the beaches and closes the back roads.87
- Sacramento 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 15 lug – 15 ott (di solito)Smoke from fires in the Sierra and the coast range settles into the valley and stays, because the same still air that traps winter fog traps this.87
…e altri 47 in settembre.
Stagione del fumo in ottobre
- Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSundowner wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Hot dry winds fall down the Santa Ynez range onto the town in the evenings of late autumn, which is when this coast's serious fires have started.96
- San Diego 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSanta Ana wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Offshore winds off the desert bring the hottest days of the San Diego year in autumn and the county's worst fire risk with them.94
- Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItaliaSardinian fire season · 1 giu – 15 ottThe regional fire campaign runs through summer and the hills either side of the city carry the risk.92
- Knysna 🇿🇦 SudafricaBerg wind fire risk · 1 mag – 30 nov (di solito)Hot, dry berg winds off the interior are what turn a plantation fire into the kind that burned through the town in June 2017.92
- Rosario 🇦🇷 ArgentinaSmoke off the delta · 15 lug – 31 ott (di solito)Burning on the wetland islands opposite has put the city under smoke for days at a stretch in dry years, worst when the wind sits in the east.91
- Big Sur 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaFire season · 15 lug – 1 nov (di solito)The Ventana wilderness burns regularly and a bad fire closes the highway, the state parks and the campgrounds at once.90
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItaliaSardinian fire season · 1 giu – 15 ottThe regional fire campaign runs all summer and the worst days are the ones when the maestrale is up.90
- Sacramento 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 15 lug – 15 ott (di solito)Smoke from fires in the Sierra and the coast range settles into the valley and stays, because the same still air that traps winter fog traps this.90
- Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSanta Ana wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Offshore winds arrive over vegetation that has had no rain since spring, and the fire risk peaks before the first storms.89
- Malaga 🇪🇸 SpagnaWildfire season · 15 giu – 15 ott (di solito)The Sierra de las Nieves and the hills behind the Costa burn in most bad summers, and a fire inland puts smoke over the coast and closes the mountain roads for a day or two.89
- Marbella 🇪🇸 SpagnaFire season in the sierra · 1 giu – 15 ottAndalusia's declared high-risk fire period.87
- Napa 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire season · 1 ago – 31 ott (di solito)Late summer and autumn are when Northern California burns, and 2017 and 2020 both cost the valley part of a vintage.86
- Il Cairo 🇪🇬 EgittoThe black cloud · 1 ott – 30 nov (di solito)Smoke from rice-straw burning in the Delta gets trapped over Cairo by autumn inversions and sits there for days.79
- Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 ott – 1 mar (di solito)The whole town sits inside the national park, so a bad fire week means smoke, closed tracks and, on the worst days, a closed highway.79
- Amritsar 🇮🇳 IndiaStubble-burning smoke · 5 ott – 25 nov (di solito)Paddy stubble is burned off across the Majha districts in the fortnight between the rice harvest and the wheat sowing, and the smoke sits low over the city for weeks.75
- Lençóis 🇧🇷 BrasileWildfire season · 1 ago – 30 nov (di solito)Late in the dry season fires set to clear pasture regularly escape into the Chapada, and volunteer brigades from Lençóis spend weeks fighting them.75
- Delhi 🇮🇳 IndiaSevere air season · 1 ott – 31 gen (di solito)Emergency pollution restrictions run from 1 October: construction bans, diesel-vehicle limits and schools moved online when it escalates.69
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 BoliviaBurning season smoke · 15 lug – 31 ott (di solito)Land clearing fires across the lowlands send smoke over the city in the late dry season, worst in dry years.69
- Parco nazionale di Sequoia 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 15 lug – 15 ott (di solito)Late summer brings smoke from fires in the Sierra and up out of the Central Valley, and the groves themselves have burned within the last few years.65
- Parco nazionale di Kings Canyon 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 1 ago – 5 ott (di solito)Smoke from fires in the Sierra and up the Central Valley fills the canyon and can shut the park outright, as it has more than once.65
- Parco nazionale vulcanico di Lassen 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWildfire smoke season · 1 ago – 5 ott (di solito)Northern California's fire season lands squarely on the best walking weeks, and the Dixie Fire burned most of this park in 2021.63
- Manaus 🇧🇷 BrasileBurning-season smoke · 15 ago – 15 nov (di solito)The end of the dry season is when the forest and pasture around the city burn, and the smoke settles over Manaus.60
- Lago Toba 🇮🇩 IndonesiaSumatran haze · 15 lug – 15 ott (di solito)In a dry year, smoke from land clearing further south on the island drifts north and the caldera rim goes flat and grey.57
- Malacca 🇲🇾 MalaysiaHaze season · 1 ago – 15 ott (di solito)Smoke off Sumatra crosses the strait in the drier weeks and the view from the hill goes flat white.55
- Singapore 🇸🇬 SingaporeRegional haze risk · 1 giu – 15 ott (di solito)Fires on Sumatra and Borneo can push smoke over the island for days at a time in some years and not at all in others.52
…e altri 8 in ottobre.
Stagione del fumo in novembre
- Città del Capo 🇿🇦 SudafricaMountain fire season · 1 nov – 15 mag (di solito)The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads.95
- Katmandu 🇳🇵 NepalValley smog season · 15 nov – 28 feb (di solito)Cold air sits in the bowl of the valley and holds in kiln smoke, vehicle exhaust and field burning from the plains.92
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Fires in the hills east of the city put smoke over the suburbs on still days and close the walking trails on the worst ones.92
- Knysna 🇿🇦 SudafricaBerg wind fire risk · 1 mag – 30 nov (di solito)Hot, dry berg winds off the interior are what turn a plantation fire into the kind that burned through the town in June 2017.92
- Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSanta Ana wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Offshore winds arrive over vegetation that has had no rain since spring, and the fire risk peaks before the first storms.91
- San Diego 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSanta Ana wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Offshore winds off the desert bring the hottest days of the San Diego year in autumn and the county's worst fire risk with them.91
- Isola dei Canguri 🇦🇺 AustraliaFire danger season closures · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)National parks here close on catastrophic fire danger days, which lands squarely in the summer holidays.91
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire and burn-off season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Summer brings total fire bans and closed forest tracks, and the autumn prescribed burns put smoke through the valleys on still days.90
- Il Cairo 🇪🇬 EgittoThe black cloud · 1 ott – 30 nov (di solito)Smoke from rice-straw burning in the Delta gets trapped over Cairo by autumn inversions and sits there for days.88
- Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire smoke risk · 1 nov – 28 feb (di solito)Fires inland or on the coast can put smoke over the city for days in a bad summer; the fire service publishes a danger rating for the Sydney region daily.87
- Amritsar 🇮🇳 IndiaStubble-burning smoke · 5 ott – 25 nov (di solito)Paddy stubble is burned off across the Majha districts in the fortnight between the rice harvest and the wheat sowing, and the smoke sits low over the city for weeks.87
- Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSundowner wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Hot dry winds fall down the Santa Ynez range onto the town in the evenings of late autumn, which is when this coast's serious fires have started.87
- Delhi 🇮🇳 IndiaSevere air season · 1 ott – 31 gen (di solito)Emergency pollution restrictions run from 1 October: construction bans, diesel-vehicle limits and schools moved online when it escalates.84
- Big Sur 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaFire season · 15 lug – 1 nov (di solito)The Ventana wilderness burns regularly and a bad fire closes the highway, the state parks and the campgrounds at once.82
- Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 ott – 1 mar (di solito)The whole town sits inside the national park, so a bad fire week means smoke, closed tracks and, on the worst days, a closed highway.80
- Lençóis 🇧🇷 BrasileWildfire season · 1 ago – 30 nov (di solito)Late in the dry season fires set to clear pasture regularly escape into the Chapada, and volunteer brigades from Lençóis spend weeks fighting them.69
- Manaus 🇧🇷 BrasileBurning-season smoke · 15 ago – 15 nov (di solito)The end of the dry season is when the forest and pasture around the city burn, and the smoke settles over Manaus.57
- Almaty 🇰🇿 KazakistanWinter smog · 15 nov – 1 mar (di solito)Coal heating and a valley inversion pin the smoke over the city for weeks at a time once the cold sets in.56
- Ulan Bator 🇲🇳 MongoliaWinter smog · 1 nov – 31 marRaw coal burned in the ger districts for heating, held down over the valley by an inversion, makes this one of the worst urban airs anywhere between November and March.40
Stagione del fumo in dicembre
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire and burn-off season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Summer brings total fire bans and closed forest tracks, and the autumn prescribed burns put smoke through the valleys on still days.96
- Isola dei Canguri 🇦🇺 AustraliaFire danger season closures · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)National parks here close on catastrophic fire danger days, which lands squarely in the summer holidays.94
- Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)The risk in the country around the city peaks after midsummer, and a bad day closes the roads and fills the basin with smoke.92
- Valparaíso 🇨🇱 CileFire season in the hills · 15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)The ravines behind the port dry out over summer and fires have run through the upper hills more than once, the worst of them destroying whole cerros.92
- Città del Capo 🇿🇦 SudafricaMountain fire season · 1 nov – 15 mag (di solito)The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads.91
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)A dry spell in the highlands can put smoke over the Derwent for days and close the walking tracks around the city.90
- Delhi 🇮🇳 IndiaSevere air season · 1 ott – 31 gen (di solito)Emergency pollution restrictions run from 1 October: construction bans, diesel-vehicle limits and schools moved online when it escalates.88
- Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire smoke risk · 1 nov – 28 feb (di solito)Fires inland or on the coast can put smoke over the city for days in a bad summer; the fire service publishes a danger rating for the Sydney region daily.87
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 15 nov – 15 apr (di solito)Fires in the hills east of the city put smoke over the suburbs on still days and close the walking trails on the worst ones.87
- Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustraliaBushfire season · 1 ott – 1 mar (di solito)The whole town sits inside the national park, so a bad fire week means smoke, closed tracks and, on the worst days, a closed highway.86
- San Diego 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSanta Ana wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Offshore winds off the desert bring the hottest days of the San Diego year in autumn and the county's worst fire risk with them.83
- Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSanta Ana wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Offshore winds arrive over vegetation that has had no rain since spring, and the fire risk peaks before the first storms.81
- Katmandu 🇳🇵 NepalValley smog season · 15 nov – 28 feb (di solito)Cold air sits in the bowl of the valley and holds in kiln smoke, vehicle exhaust and field burning from the plains.80
- Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSundowner wind and fire season · 15 set – 15 dic (di solito)Hot dry winds fall down the Santa Ynez range onto the town in the evenings of late autumn, which is when this coast's serious fires have started.77
- San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian fire season · 1 dic – 31 mar (di solito)Nahuel Huapi runs a fire risk level through the dry summer and closes trails, campsites and whole valleys when it peaks.76
- Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWinter inversion · 15 dic – 20 feb (di solito)Cold air settles in the valley under a lid of warm air and the exhaust has nowhere to go, sometimes for a fortnight.53
- Almaty 🇰🇿 KazakistanWinter smog · 15 nov – 1 mar (di solito)Coal heating and a valley inversion pin the smoke over the city for weeks at a time once the cold sets in.42
- Ulan Bator 🇲🇳 MongoliaWinter smog · 1 nov – 31 marRaw coal burned in the ger districts for heating, held down over the valley by an inversion, makes this one of the worst urban airs anywhere between November and March.29