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Wildfires in Phnom Penh
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 290 km² of Phnom Penh at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 58 km², ranking 23rd of 24 regions of Cambodia.
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 2020, with 107 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 21 km². The 2021–2025 average is 27% 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 59% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 January 2015, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 290 km² with at least one detection, 48% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 96 | 33% |
| 2 years | 56 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 108 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 29 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 1.2 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.75, 104.75 and holds 59% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 41 | 40 |
| 2013 | 73 | 77 |
| 2014 | 47 | 51 |
| 2015 | 78 | 87 |
| 2016 | 85 | 89 |
| 2017 | 40 | 43 |
| 2018 | 34 | 38 |
| 2019 | 68 | 74 |
| 2020 | 107 | 119 |
| 2021 | 52 | 53 |
| 2022 | 21 | 19 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 |
| 2024 | 60 | 65 |
| 2025 | 51 | 53 |
Other regions of Cambodia
- Preah Vihear9,580 km² in an average year
- Mondulkiri7,760 km² in an average year
- Kratié6,520 km² in an average year
- Stung Treng6,050 km² in an average year
- Ratanakiri5,740 km² in an average year
- Siem Reap5,680 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.