Mumbai from space: 1990 to 2026
Navi Mumbai and the new airport spread east across the creek. Drag the handle to compare 1990 (Landsat) with 2026 (Sentinel-2).
19902026
Explore Mumbai in the satellite tool → Every year since 1990, radar, temperature, change maps and more.
Land cover around the centre
1990-03-09
- Dense vegetation1%
- Healthy vegetation14%
- Sparse vegetation50%
- Bare ground17%
- Water / built-up19%
2026-11-12
- Dense vegetation13%
- Healthy vegetation19%
- Sparse vegetation28%
- Bare ground6%
- Water / built-up34%
Plant-health classes (NDVI) over roughly 10 km around the centre, clouds removed. Landsat and Sentinel-2 differ slightly in resolution; read the shares as a trend, not a survey.
How to read it
The left image is a Landsat scene from 1990-03-09, 30 metres per pixel. The right is a Sentinel-2 scene from 2026-11-12, 10 metres per pixel. Both are true colour: what a person would see from orbit. Sand is pale, water dark, vegetation green, cities grey.
In the satellite tool you can step through every year in between, switch to plant health, water, burn or surface temperature, draw an area to measure what changed, and watch the place for new passes.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Landsat courtesy USGS · via Microsoft Planetary Computer.