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Wildfires in Tamanghasset
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 356 km² of Tamanghasset at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 38 km², ranking 34th 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 2024, with 59 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 13 km². The 2021–2025 average is 27% higher 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.
March, April and May together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 May 2015, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 356 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 255 | 71% |
| 2 years | 63 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 32 | 9.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6.6 | 1.9% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 26.75, 2.75 and holds 42% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 25 | 55 |
| 2013 | 13 | 42 |
| 2014 | 44 | 143 |
| 2015 | 52 | 755 |
| 2016 | 29 | 228 |
| 2017 | 36 | 104 |
| 2018 | 41 | 128 |
| 2019 | 33 | 68 |
| 2020 | 54 | 141 |
| 2021 | 26 | 66 |
| 2022 | 33 | 44 |
| 2023 | 58 | 139 |
| 2024 | 59 | 112 |
| 2025 | 33 | 86 |
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.