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Wildfires in Algiers
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 109 km² of Algiers at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 20 km², ranking 43rd of 48 regions of Algeria.
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 2016, with 32 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 11 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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.
June, July and August together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 June 2020, with detections in 6 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 109 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 58 | 53% |
| 2 years | 24 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 16 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.0 | 6.4% |
| 11 years or more | 5.0 | 4.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 36.75, 3.25 and holds 100% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13 | 142 |
| 2013 | 20 | 149 |
| 2014 | 16 | 196 |
| 2015 | 24 | 246 |
| 2016 | 32 | 197 |
| 2017 | 29 | 264 |
| 2018 | 13 | 201 |
| 2019 | 21 | 250 |
| 2020 | 22 | 496 |
| 2021 | 11 | 318 |
| 2022 | 20 | 378 |
| 2023 | 22 | 313 |
| 2024 | 19 | 229 |
| 2025 | 17 | 301 |
Other regions of Algeria
- Ouargla941 km² in an average year
- Béjaïa337 km² in an average year
- Illizi320 km² in an average year
- Skikda312 km² in an average year
- Jijel284 km² in an average year
- Tizi Ouzou272 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.