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Wildfires in Beijing
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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 3,000 km² of Beijing at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 418 km², ranking 29th of 31 regions of China.
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 2013, with 982 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 109 km². The 2021–2025 average is 83% 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.
April, May and June together hold 40% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 April 2013, with detections in 276 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,000 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,760 | 59% |
| 2 years | 570 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 530 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 128 | 4.2% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.75, 116.25 and holds 33% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 963 | 1,588 |
| 2013 | 982 | 1,799 |
| 2014 | 682 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 586 | 1,045 |
| 2016 | 689 | 1,240 |
| 2017 | 436 | 744 |
| 2018 | 294 | 526 |
| 2019 | 324 | 582 |
| 2020 | 247 | 465 |
| 2021 | 162 | 269 |
| 2022 | 109 | 209 |
| 2023 | 140 | 239 |
| 2024 | 120 | 201 |
| 2025 | 115 | 162 |
Other regions of China
- Heilongjiang37,120 km² in an average year
- Jilin16,470 km² in an average year
- Yunnan15,170 km² in an average year
- Inner Mongolia11,850 km² in an average year
- Guangxi9,620 km² in an average year
- Liaoning8,350 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.