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Wildfires in Belarus
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 20,500 km² of Belarus at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,900 km², ranking 103rd 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 2015, with 5,000 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 496 km². The 2021–2025 average is 69% 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.
March, April and May together hold 55% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 March 2015, with detections in 400 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,500 km² with at least one detection, 5.8% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 16,390 | 80% |
| 2 years | 2,930 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,130 | 5.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 34 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 27 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 52.75, 29.75 and holds 9.0% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,860 | 3,932 |
| 2013 | 1,180 | 2,987 |
| 2014 | 4,560 | 8,668 |
| 2015 | 5,000 | 9,869 |
| 2016 | 1,080 | 2,658 |
| 2017 | 1,500 | 3,107 |
| 2018 | 1,610 | 3,593 |
| 2019 | 3,260 | 6,389 |
| 2020 | 2,320 | 4,552 |
| 2021 | 940 | 2,404 |
| 2022 | 1,120 | 2,484 |
| 2023 | 496 | 1,929 |
| 2024 | 520 | 2,020 |
| 2025 | 1,200 | 2,808 |
Nearby countries
- Russian Federation212,570 km² in an average year
- Ukraine35,560 km² in an average year
- Italy9,880 km² in an average year
- Romania7,650 km² in an average year
- Spain5,090 km² in an average year
- France3,350 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.
