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Wildfires in Algeria
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 42,160 km² of Algeria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,780 km², ranking 76th of 200 countries.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2012, with 11,200 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 2,980 km². The 2021–2025 average is 46% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
July, August and September together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 August 2021, with detections in 875 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 42,160 km² with at least one detection, 20% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 25,250 | 60% |
| 2 years | 8,540 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,760 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,080 | 2.6% |
| 11 years or more | 524 | 1.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.75, 6.25 and holds 10% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,200 | 51,629 |
| 2013 | 5,650 | 44,736 |
| 2014 | 8,710 | 50,744 |
| 2015 | 4,600 | 47,857 |
| 2016 | 6,220 | 51,902 |
| 2017 | 7,400 | 55,636 |
| 2018 | 3,450 | 49,589 |
| 2019 | 6,320 | 54,005 |
| 2020 | 7,720 | 52,790 |
| 2021 | 5,080 | 46,360 |
| 2022 | 4,070 | 48,903 |
| 2023 | 4,220 | 51,517 |
| 2024 | 2,980 | 46,811 |
| 2025 | 3,360 | 50,256 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby countries
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
