Haze Day Does rain clear haze? What showers can and cannot do
Rain helps: it washes fine particles out of the air and can dampen fires. But a short shower rarely ends a haze episode, because new smoke keeps arriving while fires burn.
Live data (Singapore's point of view)
- Wind at ~1.5 km
- from the S, 10 km/h
- Rain probability in Singapore
- up to 100% in the next 6 h, 100% in 24 h
- Latest satellite pass
- 2026-10-10 18:15 UTC
'Upwind' is a wind-direction heuristic: it says transport is likely, not proven, and is not a smoke-trajectory model.
See the source data
- Open the haze map (PM2.5, fires, wind)
- Open-Meteo weather forecast — original site · API
- RainViewer radar tiles — original site · API
- haze.gov.sg regional haze situation and outlook — original site
What to watch
Look at rain over the fire regions as well as over your own town: rain on Sumatra reduces the smoke source, while rain over you cleans the air that is already there.
The rain-probability dots on our 24-hour chart and the optional radar layer on the map show likely rain near you.
Related questions
Other causes
Fires in central Sumatra (Riau and Jambi) and Singapore's haze · Fires in South Sumatra and Singapore's haze · Fires in Kalimantan and Singapore's haze · How wind carries smoke to Singapore · Dry weather and El Niño · Why peat fires make such dense haze
Sources
- Open-Meteo weather forecast — Open-Meteo (national weather services and ECMWF models) · official site · API / docs
- RainViewer radar tiles — RainViewer · official site · API / docs
- haze.gov.sg regional haze situation and outlook — NEA, drawing on the ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre · official site