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Wildfires in Bangladesh
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 24,570 km² of Bangladesh at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,020 km², ranking 74th 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 2014, with 8,530 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 4,570 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% 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.
February, March and April together hold 82% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 April 2014, with detections in 787 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 24,570 km² with at least one detection, 46% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 9,640 | 39% |
| 2 years | 3,740 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,510 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,050 | 21% |
| 11 years or more | 622 | 2.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 21.75, 92.25 and holds 14% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,090 | 7,137 |
| 2013 | 7,550 | 9,014 |
| 2014 | 8,530 | 10,762 |
| 2015 | 5,750 | 6,695 |
| 2016 | 4,830 | 5,409 |
| 2017 | 4,600 | 5,047 |
| 2018 | 5,580 | 6,746 |
| 2019 | 6,280 | 7,735 |
| 2020 | 6,460 | 7,815 |
| 2021 | 6,850 | 8,437 |
| 2022 | 4,570 | 5,246 |
| 2023 | 6,740 | 8,047 |
| 2024 | 4,930 | 5,673 |
| 2025 | 5,450 | 6,360 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 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.
